| 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. |
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 | Volume Calculator | ||
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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. | ||
| 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. | |||
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Planning and access for disabled people: a good practice guide |
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Harrogate Borough Council works in partnership with
the Planning Portal to provide services and
information about the planning system.
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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)
From the Department for Communities and Local Government :
Creating better places to live: a guide to the planning system in England
Planning Factsheet : Privacy & Overlooking
Planning Factsheet 3 :
Overshadowing
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) |