Copy Documents and History Checks

You can use Public Access to find, view and download planning application documents including plans, decision notices and officer reports. (if you are unsure on the planning application reference numbers please see the Planning History Check section)

If you require access to any documents that do not appear on Public Access from 2015 onwards, please contact planning@sstaffs.gov.uk and these can be made available online on request.

If you require copies of planning documents for applications pre 2015, these files can be sent to you electronically for a fee of £10.00 per application (inc VAT). You can request these by emailing planning@sstaffs.gov.uk. Please state the application number(s) and documents you require.

All documents will be provided electronically. We do not provide paper copies of application documents or plans.

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Timescale – Once payment has been received, requested documents will be provided within 10 working days.

Copies of TPO documents can be provided for a fee of £10.00 per TPO reference.

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When making your payment, please quote the TPO reference numbers you require.

Timescale – Once payment has been received, requested documents will be provided within 10 working days.

Copies of S106 Agreement can be provided for a fee of £10.00 per agreement.

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When making your payment, please quote the Planning Application reference number the S106 Agreement relates to and the property address.

Timescale – Once payment has been received, requested documents will be provided within 10 working days.

If you have any questions relating to S106 Agreements please email section106agreements@sstaffs.gov.uk

For confirmation that one or more planning conditions have been complied with on a planning decision, a fee of either: 
£43.00 (Alterations / extensions to dwellinghouses; or works within/ along the boundary of a dwellinghouse) or 
£145.00 (for any other development - eg housing developments, change of use) is required per planning application as set out on page 8 of the Planning Portal guide to fees.

Once payment has been received, the Council aim to get confirmation of compliance out within 8 weeks. 

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Building regulations is separate to planning permission. 

For further information please contact Building Control.

Web: centralbc.org.uk/contact/

Email: info@centralbc.org.uk

Tel: 0300 111 8035

The Council can provide a list of historical planning history for a property or site for a fee of £15.00. (inc VAT)

If there is any planning history revealed this will include a list of application numbers, description of proposals, decisions and decision dates.

You can request a history check by emailing planning@sstaffs.gov.uk. Please include a location plan with the site boundary line edged in red. (an annotated google map will suffice).

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Timescale – Once payment and a location plan has been received, history check details will be provided within 10 working days.

Once you have received your history check, if you require copies of any application documents, please see details at the top of this page for Copy Documents.

If you require a PD check included with the history check, please state this when making your request.

Please note PD checks only confirm whether Permitted Development Rights (Article 4 Direction) have been removed under previous planning permissions. They do not take account of development which may have already taken place at the property and which might reduce the remaining level of development which can be carried out and still fall under PD. Therefore, if you would like formal confirmation that a proposal falls under PD, you can either submit a pre-app/householder enquiry or certificate of lawfulness application.

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Timescale – Once a location plan and payment has been received, the history check results   will be provided within 10 working days.

Once you have received your history check, if you require copies of any application documents, please see details for Copy Documents.

Planning use classes are the legal framework that determine what a particular property or site may be used for.

A history check will identify what planning permissions exist, and this may identify what the existing use class is. However, it may be hard to identify the permitted use of a building or site because its history might be complicated. For example, planning permissions may have been granted in the past, but they may not have been implemented.

If you require a Use Class check included with the history check, please state this when making your request.

If you need formal confirmation that a building or site has a certain use class, you can apply for a Lawful Development Certificate. (Fees and timescales differ to a planning history check).

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Timescale – Once a location plan and payment has been received, the history check results   will be provided within 10 working days.

Once you have received your history check, if you require copies of any application documents, please see details at the top of this page for Copy Documents.