Many planning forms and supporting documents can be found below.
Design and access statements
A Design and Access Statement is required with planning applications for -
- major development
- development in a Conservation Area
- application for one or more dwellings
- applications for building where the floor space created is 100 square metres or more.
Listed building consent applications must also include a Design and Access Statement and a Heritage Statement.
A Design and Access Statement is a short report accompanying and supporting a planning application. A guide to a Design and Access Statement is available in our downloads.
Validation checklist
Access the validation checklist to make sure you send the right information with your planning application.
Contamination Assessment
We want to encourage the redevelopment of previously used land. This is also known as brownfield land. Because of the risk of contamination with this land, the developer must make sure there is no danger to human health or the environment. Put simply, the land must be suitable for use.
Certain types of applications need a preliminary assessment of land contamination to be completed as part of the validation process. For example, new housing. The validation checklist, available to download above, has more information.
If a preliminary assessment is needed, complete and return the preliminary assessment of land contamination form.
Unilateral Undertakings
Planning applications for new dwellings in Hull are expected to provide play space on-site. Where this is not possible off-site provision can be made, through a legal agreement.
Normally, before any such application can be approved, the completed Legal Agreement must be in place.
New Practice – October 2024
Once it is established that a legal agreement is required, our Legal Officers typically will prepare this (at a cost).
In order for this to proceed the applicant/planners will need to provide the following instruction that includes -
- Address of the Site
- Planning Application Reference Number
- Obligations you are trying to secure and their respective amounts
- tree off-site
- open space contributions
- public realm improvements
- affordable homes
- Name and contact details for agent/applicant, including email address
Legal Services will then contact the agent/applicant and confirm that they hold instructions to prepare a S106 agreement/Unilateral Undertaking for the planning application. Legal Services will confirm the cost (depending on whether it is a Unilateral Agreement or a S106) + disbursements (for Land Registry records) and get their confirmation to proceed.
Once Legal Services have this information they will put a draft together and send it to the applicant/agent for signature.
At the point the applicant can sign it and either scan it through confirming that no changes to it have been made save for applying their respective signature, or sign it in ink and send it to Legal Services by post.
Background
- If the Local Planning Authority are securing Open Space and/or Trees – Legal Services would typically progress it through a Unilateral Undertaking
- If the Local Planning Authority are securing Affordable Housing – it is only a bilateral S106 (unless the Local Planning Authority are only securing a commuted sum)
- If it is occupancy requirement – the preferred approach would be a bilateral S106.
Planning Forms
Various planning forms are available in our downloads.
Notice 1
The Notice No.1 is for use with certificate B, C, D and Agricultural Holding Certificate No. 2. This needs to be sent to -
- anyone other than the applicant who owns any or all of the site
- anyone who is a tenant of an agricultural holding which forms all or part of the site
Consent to display an advertisement
Consent is needed before a wide range of signs of advertisements are displayed. Not all signs need formal approval.
You can download the Application for consent to display an advertisement here.
Notification of a proposed larger Home Extension
In May 2013, legislation was introduced to allow longer single storey rear extensions on houses.
The size limits will double from 4 metres to 8 metres for detached houses, and from 3 metres to 6 metres for all other houses.
These new larger extensions must go through a notification process. For example, if they extend between 4 and 8 metres, or between 3 and 6 metres.
Use the forms here to notify us of this type of proposal.
Unable to download forms
You can also get application forms by submitting an enquiry through the below online form -
Planning and Development enquiries (opens in new window)
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