The Planning Guide for County Durham is an independently produced guide designed under current guidelines to assist planning applicants in completing their planning application online.
The guide is aimed at homeowners who are carrying out improvements to their homes. It provides easily understood information on the planning system in England and is a helpful source of other information relevant to homeowners intending to carry out building projects.
Within the guide are local and national companies covering all relevant planning and building services, who can safely provide their products and services to assist the applicant in completing their project.
Whether the application is domestic, commercial, or industrial, you will be able to find all the required trades to help you complete your development, access and download all relevant documents and forms, view planning applications, contact a planning officer, obtain pre-application advice, and have interactive access to all the trades and services, by simply using the links. Planning regulations regularly change, so in preparing this guide, we have engaged the services of Haines Planning Consultancy Ltd. to advise on the planning content to ensure it is correct at the time of publication. The guidance applies nationally, but procedures for processing planning applications can differ between councils. We constantly review the service offered and welcome comments on your experience using this guide. We hope you find the planning guide useful and wish you all the best with your forthcoming project.