Planning Validation
Householder Permission Validation Checklist - V1
Please provide two sets of all documentation relating to the application (an original plus a copy) except if the
application is submitted via the Planning Portal, or if the application is a joint application i.e. Listed building
or Conservation Area Consent when three sets are required (an original plus two copies).
National Requirements
Application form
When required:
All applications completed, together with a full description of the proposed works.
Where to look for further assistance:
Apply online at www.planningportal.co.uk. There are guidance notes and help text available on this website
to assist you to complete the application form.
Certificate of ownership / Agricultural holdings certificate
Please ensure ONE of either Certicate A, B, C or D is completed signed and dated within the
21 days prior to submission
Declaration
Please ensure this is completed signed and dated within the 21 days prior to submission
Fees
Correct fee
Exemptions and reductions may apply in certain cases. Full details can be found on:
www.sevenoaks.gov.uk/planningfees or telephone the Validation Team on 01732 227000.
Drawings
Policy Drivers:
The Development Management Procedure Order 2015
CLG Guidance on Information Requirements and Validation – March 2010
Site Location Plan
When required: All applications
Scale: 1:2500 or 1:1250
What information is required?
Up to date map with site edged clearly with a red line, and any other land owned outlined in blue.
Any required visibility splays and access to the site from the public highway.
The direction of north.
The plan must cover a large enough area to enable the location to be found easily.
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Site Plan / Block Plan
When required: All applications
Scale: 1:500, 1:200, 1:100
What information is required?
The proposed development in relation to the site boundaries and other existing buildings on the site.
The existing and proposed parking arrangements and details of the access to the highway.
If a new vehicular access is proposed show the dimensions & visibility splays of the new access.
Any trees or hedges on your own property or on adjoining properties which are within falling distance of
the proposed development.
Floor Plans & Elevations
When required:
Where alterations and/or extensions to an existing building are proposed.
When new outbuildings are proposed, all elevations of the new outbuilding are required.
Where any development is proposed below ground level.
Yes No
Scale: 1:100 or 1:50, must show a metric scale bar.
Accurately drawn to the chosen scale and consistency between the existing and proposed plans.
It would be helpful if at least one dimension is annotated.
What information is required?
The existing and proposed oor plans and elevations of the development. Extent of basements to be
shown as a dotted line.
If the application site falls within the Metropolitan Green Belt (MGB) then full oor plans of the existing
dwelling and outbuildings within 5 metres of the dwelling will be required.
If extension to/replacement of /erection of outbuilding in Green Belt & Area of Outstanding Natural
Beauty (AONB) then oor plans and elevations of any outbuilding to be demolished and proposed
outbuildings are required, and a clear block plan showing all existing & proposed structures on site.
Existing & Proposed Roof Plans
When required:
Where any roof is being altered and the change cannot be adequately shown on the elevation plans.
Yes No
Scale: 1:100 or 1:50, must show a metric scale bar.
Accurately drawn to the chosen scale and consistency between the existing and proposed plans.
It would be helpful if at least one dimension is annotated.
What information is required?
The shape of the roof, including any areas cut-away or proposed to be used for balconies; seating.
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Site Sections / Cross Sections
When required:
Where the development is on a steep incline/decline.
Where a new vehicular access is proposed.
Where any development is proposed below ground level.
Yes No
Scale: 1:100 or 1:50, must show a metric scale bar.
Accurately drawn to the chosen scale and consistency between the existing and proposed plans.
It would be helpful if at least one dimension is annotated.
What information is required?
The existing and proposed site levels, and nished oor levels, with levels related to a dened datum
point.
If proposing a new vehicular access please include a cross section with the dimensions and visibility
splays of the new access shown.
Local Requirements
Flood Risk Assessment
When required:
When the development is within Flood Zone 2 or 3 (with certain limited exceptions) and if your proposal
meets the criteria set out in the Environment Agency Flood Risk Standing advice.
Yes No
What information is required?
Proportionate flood risk assessment:
www.gov.uk/guidance/flood-risk-assessment-for-planning-applications
Policy Drivers:
National Planning Policy Framework
Where to look for further assistance:
Detailed Guidance and the Flood Risk Standing Advice can be found at:
www.gov.uk/guidance/flood-risk-assessment-standing-advice or www.planningguidance.
planningportal.gov.uk/blog/guidance/ood-risk-and-coastal-change/site-specic-ood-risk-assessment-
checklist/
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 Scientic 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
Planning Validation
Other documents
Please indiate whether you are including any of the documents listed below in support of your application:
Yes No Planning Statement
Yes No Daylight/Sunlight Assessment
Yes No Noise Impact Assessment
Yes No Heritage Statement
Yes No Structural Survey
Yes No Contaminated Land Survery
Yes No Ecological Site Assessment, Ecological Survey and Protected Species
Yes No Tree Assessment
Yes No Manufacturer’s Specication
Yes No Photographs/Photomontages showing the whole of the building and its setting
and/or the particular section of the building affected by the proposal(s)
Authorisation
We will check each application against the appropriate checklist. Should we need further information to
process your application we will also contact you and hold the application as invalid until further information
is submitted.
If you tell us that you do not think the information listed above is required and give us your reasons we will
not declare it invalid. If insufcient justication is provided, the application will be declared invalid. We will
then explain to you why it is invalid.
N.B. Failure to submit any of the requirements will result in the application not being registered.
Please sign name electronically, no signature required.
Signed (print): Date:
Any further information