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Pre-application Advice

We offer an efficient, friendly and professional advice service when planning permission is necessary, which can be tailored to your needs. We can provide advice on planning policy, design (including our Design Review Panel) and highways. If you are using our Building Control Service, we can advise on the Building Regulations alongside planning advice to ensure that both processes run smoothly.

Before submitting a planning application you or your agent are advised to contact us free of charge for an informal chat to discuss your requirements. We will advise whether you should seek further pre-application advice and whether a meeting would be useful.

Pre-application discussions will help assist in the preparation of proposals and should help the process to run more smoothly reducing the potential for refusal or delay when submitting planning applications.

Pre-application discussions will help assist in the preparation of proposals and should help the process to run more smoothly reducing the potential for refusal or delay when submitting planning applications. The Design Quality Framework offers guidance on design criteria for Nottingham City.

To cover the cost of the pre-application advice service, there is a charge. This charge is based upon the level of the proposed development. Please see below, underpaying the fee to view our charging structure.

Please note, that we no longer accept cheques as payment for pre-application advice. Fees can be paid by card over the phone or by bank transfer. Please contact us on 0115 876 4447 (Option 2 then Option 5) to pay over the phone or request bank details.

Enquiries for pre-application advice should be written on a pre-application enquiry form and submitted to planning@nottinghamcity.gov.uk. Please include the relevant fee and necessary supporting documents.
 
Advice will be set out in writing, including a record of advice given in pre-application meetings.
 
We will aim to get a response to you within 15 working days. More complex schemes may take longer. We will let you know the estimated time for a response and will keep you informed. If your development is subject to any important deadlines please let us know as we may be able to accommodate.
 
We will ensure that any advice we give is robust. However, the advice we provide cannot commit the Council to a particular decision on any formal application.

Fees are payable by card or by bank transfer. Please contact us on 0115 876 4447 to pay over the phone or request bank details.

A copy of our Pre-application advice charging structure can be found at the bottom of this page.

If you can't find the answer to your enquiry on our website, please email us at planning@nottinghamcity.gov.uk with your requirements.

Our Highways Development Control team work with applicants to ensure that development sites can be accessed by all modes of transport. We ensure that it does not negatively impact the highway network.
 
It is our responsibility to make a recommendation to the Local Planning Authority (LPA). This may include the need for planning conditions and obligations. The applicant is to be responsible for implementing and funding these.
 
Please contact Highways Development Control on 0115 876 5263 or 0115 876 5252 for further advice.

Our in house urban design team can offer professional advice on the design of your proposal. They can assist in its preparation and during the planning application process.
 
This can involve producing conceptual layouts and design principles for residential, commercial or environmental improvement proposals. The Urban Design team offers advice on heritage assets and works to trees.
 
We also have our own Design Review Panel, who can independently review your scheme. For further information please email development.control@nottinghamcity.gov.uk

The Design Quality Framework offers guidance on design criteria for Nottingham City. Also, our in house urban design team can offer professional advice on the design of your proposal. They can assist in its preparation and during the planning application process.

The Environmental Health and Safer Places team can provide advice and information on a range of environmental issues that will identify and minimise risks and constraints and assist a developer to reduce the time it takes to go from an initial idea to the completed development.

Further information can be found on our Pre-Application Advice Charges for Environmental/Public Health Protection Issues or you can email us on pollution.control@nottinghamcity.gov.uk

Nottingham is one of the leading cities in the UK for supporting sustainable transport. Engaging in pre-application discussions with the Transport Strategy team will help you gain a clear understanding of local transport guidance and policies. For more information please contact transport.strategy@nottinghamcity.gov.uk

Nottingham is one of the leading cities in the UK for supporting sustainable transport. Engaging in pre-application discussions with the Transport Strategy team will help you gain a clear understanding of local transport guidance and policies. For more information please contact transport.strategy@nottinghamcity.gov.uk

Royal Town Planning Institute

If you are looking for alternative sources of planning advice, an online directory of planning consultants is available on the Royal Town Planning Institute website at http://www.rtpiconsultants.co.uk/

Planning Aid England

Planning Aid England offers planning advice and support to individuals and communities- visit their website at http://www.rtpi.org.uk/planning-aid/

Planning Portal

The governments online Planning Portal provides interactive guides and information about the planning system.

Archaeological Remains

The City Archaeologist can provide advice regarding proposed developments which may impact upon archaeological remains. Advice can be given about known archaeology (including caves) and the potential for unknown archaeological remains within a site. The City Archaeologist recommends early contact to discuss an application so that applicants can be made aware, at an early stage, of archaeological work that may be required in advance of and/or during development works.

The City Archaeologist can be contacted by email at uad@nottinghamcity.gov.uk

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Nottingham
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