Public Access for planning is an online service that allows you to view details of planning applications received since 1 April 1974. You can also comment on current applications (the page will time out after 20 minutes so please draft your comments first and paste them in if they are long). If you are searching by application number, ignore any letters and use only the numbers eg 10/01234. Click on the icon below.
We update and check the content of Public Access regularly to ensure users have the most up to date, accurate information. However, we cannot be held legally responsible for any inaccuracies or omissions on the site that result in loss or inconvenience. We also cannot be held legally responsible for representations from anyone commenting on planning applications which may contain libellous or defamatory statements.
Objections or supporting comments on applications must be rational, impersonal and directed principally to the planning issues raised by the proposal. Comments of a personal, slanderous, libellous, defamatory, or otherwise offensive or abusive nature are not constructive or helpful to the process of determining a planning application and may result in an action for libel.
Please click on the icon below and select the weekly/monthly list tab to view the decisions list. We no longer produce the applications advertised in the newspapers list.
Public Access allows you additional functionality to
Track the progress of planning applications and appeals and be notified by email of changes or updates
- Save searches and be emailed about new applications in your area
- Search by key words in the description or address
- See weekly or monthly lists of applications received or decisions made within the system
- Submit comments about an application being considered
- View planning documents for valid applications after 1 Jan 2009
- View details of planning appeals
- View details of historical planning applications
- View property details by reference to a map
How to use Public Access
Guidance on how to get the most from Public Access and what documents can be viewed is available in downloads on the right of the screen.
Weekly lists of new applications received and decisions made
From June 2010 we will no longer produce the downloadable decisions list. Please click on the icon above and select the weekly/monthly list tab. You can then select either new applications or decisions list. More information is available in the manual Using Public Access from the right of the screen.