Planning Validation
Community Infrastructure Levy
When required:
• Any proposal which includes extensions or outbuilding(s) to an existing dwelling that in total would be
100 square metres or more.
• Any proposal that includes a residential annex. For the purposes of CIL a development is normally
a residential annex if it is wholly within the curtilage of the main dwelling and can be used as self
contained living accommodation, but it can be used ancillary to the main dwelling.
Yes No
What information is required?
A completed ‘Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL), a determining whether Development may be CIL liable.
Planning application Additional Information Requirement Form.’ This can be found online at:
www.planningportal.gov.uk/uploads/1app/forms/cil_questions.pdf
The form gives us the information to: a) decide if it is CIL Liable and; b) to calculate the liability.
Where to look for further assistance:
More information and details including exemptions and reliefs etc. can be found on our website at:
www.sevenoaks.gov.uk/cilguidance
Biodiversity
When required:
When the development is proposed within/adjacent to sites designated as Sites of Special Scientic Interest;
Local Wildlife Sites; sites where there are known protected species; agricultural buildings to be converted/
demolished; works within/adjacent to woodland, heathland, meadows, grassland, parkland, pasture, ponds,
slow owing watercourses, rough grassland, watercourses; aects derelict, disused or run down buildings or
land in the countryside and; major de
velopment proposals.
Yes No
What information is required?
• Ecological Scoping Survey or Ecological Site Assessment.
• Where Scoping Surveys or Site Assessments recommend further surveys then these Protected Species
reports must be carried out prior to the application being submitted and included within supporting
documentation.
Policy Drivers:
• Policy SP1 ‘Design of New Development and Conservation’ of Sevenoaks District Council’s Core Strategy
• Policy SP11 ‘Biodiversity’ of Sevenoaks District Council’s Core Strategy
Where to look for further assistance:
Natural England Standing Advice: www.naturalengland.org.uk/ourwork/planningdevelopment/
spatialplanning/standingadvice/default.aspx