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Information about Planning Applications from 1st January 2007
onwards, including links to useful documents such as planning
application forms and plans, are available on Forest
Heath District Council's Planning Explorer.
Follow the link to
Planning Explorer Home
Please note: The Planning Explorer will be unavailable
between 00:50am and 5:00am due to nightly
maintenance.
Link to the National Planning Portal.
You can use this link to complete and
submit planning applications online, and view the
Forest Heath Local Plan (1995). Please note that, if you
pay for your planning application via the planning
portal, an additional fee of 1.85% of the transactional
value is payable on all credit card payments. The Planning
Portal can also offer planning guidance and provide
answers to basic planning enquiries.
Follow this link
to download planning application
forms.
If you would like to purchase an Ordnance Survey map please follow
this link to Latitude Mapping. If you prefer to order by
phone please call 05601 144373
Follow these links to planning application fees, please note
that the Government have published new regulations to increase
application fees by an average of 23% from 6th April 2008
Planning Fees and
fee calculator.
Follow this link to an interactive version of the
Local Plan, linking the policy to the
proposals map.
Telephone: 01638 719230
Email:
bc@forest-heath.gov.uk
Our Development Control team processes and
determines planning and associated applications, prepares evidence
and statements for planning
appeals, investigates complaints about buildings and the
use of land, taking enforcement action where necessary, and
provides advice to the local community on a wide range of
development related issues.
Follow this link for details of
current planning applications. This
information is available by searching under dates of interest
and type of application, eg date registered / decision
date, within
Planning Explorer.
Telephone: 01638 719480
Email:
dc@forest-heath.gov.uk
Our Forward Planning team is responsible for
working out the long-term planning policies for the district, such
as the Local Development Framework (LDF).
Telephone: 01638 719248
Email:
fp@forest-heath.gov.uk
Telephone: 01638 719319
Email:lc@forest-heath.gov.uk