Harrogate Borough Council

 
 

What is 'Development Control'?


Icon: Development Control The Development Control Team deals with applications, and related appeals, for planning permission, listed building, conservation area and advertisement consents, and works to protected trees.  It gives pre-application advice on planning and related matters and runs the annual visit/review of implemented developments.
 

Do I need planning permission?

You can refer to the general guides published on the Department for Communities and Local Government website and the visual guides from the Planning Portal

Visual Guide for Householders

Visual Guide for Householders Volume Calculator

A Householders Planning Guide for the Installation of Antennas, including Satellite dishes

Visual Guide for Antennas 
Home Energy Generation Microgeneration Equipment - a guide produced by Harrogate Borough Council. 

Guidance on the permeable surfacing of front gardens

Planning Permission: A Guide for Business

Outdoor advertisements & signs: A guide for advertisers  You are advised to consult the full Regulations for details as the guide currently contains errors and omissions.

A Farmer's Guide to the Planning  System

Planning and access for disabled people: a good practice guide


Link & Logo: Planning Portal
Harrogate Borough Council works in partnership with the Planning Portal to provide services and information about the planning system.

For Householders

The regulations about Householder Permitted Development Rights have been revised and  came into effect on 1st October 2008.  The Visual Guide for Householders from the Planning Portal is an interactive guide to the rules for both planning and building regulations.

We will check if your own project requires planning permission if you send us a completed Householder Planning Check Form (134kb pdf).

If you are thinking of moving house you will need to consider whether the house you are moving to will meet your needs now and in the future take a look at our leaflet "Moving House? Looking Ahead" (51kb).

Going Smoke Free

Smoke free legislation in the Health Act 2006 came into force at 6am on Sunday 1 July 2007.  This affects most public premises, including restaurants, pubs, bars, shops, cinemas, shopping centres, leisure centres, offices, factories and other enclosed workplaces and public transport.

Going Smoke Free - A Planning Advice Note on Smoking Shelters and Other Features (54kb)

Advice to businesses on going smoke free (page link)

General Planning Information

From the Department for Communities and Local Government :

Creating better places to live: a guide to the planning system in England 

Planning Policy

Planning Factsheet : Privacy & Overlooking

Planning Factsheet 3 : Overshadowing

Planning Process

We produce a range of documents, accessible below in pdf format, to help make the planning process clearer:

Design & Access Statements (page link) - needed to accompany a planning application or listed building application.
Moving House? Looking Ahead (51kb)
Planning - Our Service To You.  The Development Control Charter (208kb)
Planning Code of Good Practice:  For Members and Officers (110kb)
Parish Councils and Planning Applications(232kb)
New Development - Have Your Say - on a Planning Application (68kb)
Opportunity to Speak at Planning Committee(96kb)
What Happens at Planning Committee(88kb) to be read in conjunction with:
Planning Committee - Important information for the public (30kb)
Planning Scheme of Delegation  (177kb)
 

 

  

Harrogate Borough Council, Council Offices, Crescent Gardens, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG1 2SG, Tel: (01423) 500600