Find out if you need planning permission

Find out whether you will also need planning permission.

Before you apply, you must check if you need planning permission.

You may need planning permission if:

  • your access point is to be constructed on an A, B or C class road
  • your property is a new build
  • you are changing the use of your garden to a driveway
  • you are surfacing over an area greater that 5 metres squared (unless you are using permeable material) 
  • the access point passes over land which is registered as common land or a village green
  • you are removing the grass strip in front of your property

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