Local Validation List
What is a Local List?
This a validation checklist for applicants to use to ensure they submit all the necessary information, depending on application type, to make a planning application valid. The list sets out exactly what plans and supporting information is required for each application type. This will speed up the planning application determination process and give applicants more certainty about the costs and type of information required when making their planning applications.
The Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015 (opens new window) sets out a number of mandatory national requirements for planning applications, including application forms, fees, ownership certificates and location/site layout plans.
The government's policy on local information requirements can be found in paragraph 45 of the National Planning Policy Framework (opens new window) and also reflected in the NPPG and states 'Local planning authorities should publish a list of their information requirements for applications for planning permission. These requirements should be kept to the minimum needed to make decisions, and should be reviewed at least every two years. Local planning authorities should only request supporting information that is relevant, necessary and material to the application in question'.
The Council adopted its new Local List on 1st May 2026
