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Guidance request form

Submit A Case-Specific Planning Guidance Request

Use this form after the lighter checks have helped but the remaining planning answer still depends on your exact project, property, local authority area or planning history.

Updated May 2026

Start lighter first

Use The Shortest Useful Route Before The Full Form

Most visitors should get value before sending details. Use the quick checks below first, then use the longer form when the remaining question is genuinely case-specific.

Quick route Run the planning route check Best when you still need the basic planning, permitted development, certificate or council route narrowed. Check route Formal proof Check whether an LDC is worth it Best when permitted development may work but the cost of being wrong would matter later. Check LDC Spend order Check drawing readiness Best when you are close to paying for drawings but the route or brief may still be thin. Check readiness Fallback Use the full guidance form Best when the quick checks have helped but your exact property, drawings or local context still decide the answer. Open form

Full name *

Email *

Property type *

Council / local authority area *

Town or location *

Project stage *

Known special constraints

What you want to build or change *

Keep it concise. The most useful summary is usually the project, the rough dimensions and the part that feels uncertain or risky.

Approximate size / height / position

Previous extensions or planning-history notes

Main thing you are worried about *

How this works: This guided form is the fallback route for case-specific planning questions after the quick checks have narrowed the issue. It captures the key facts cleanly before you move into a reply or a stronger formal check.

Privacy: Your enquiry details are used to respond to your request. Anonymised themes may be used to improve guides, tools, FAQs and site content. Identifiable case details are not published without permission, and sending an enquiry does not sign you up to marketing emails. Privacy notice.

Before you submit

What Usually Makes The Reply More Useful

Be concrete

Describe the real project, not just the broad category. The useful details are usually the part of the house or site affected, the scale and the local sensitivity.

Say what feels risky

If the concern is Article 4, a conservation area, a boundary issue or planning history, say that directly. That is often what determines the safest next step.

Keep formal checks separate

This form helps narrow the route. It does not replace a lawful development certificate, pre-application advice or a formal council decision.

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