Submitting your Planning Application

Each Planning Application must include the following:-

• 4 No. completed copies of the Applications Forms
• 4 No. copies of plans drawn to an appropriate metric scale showing clearly what the application entails. These may include all or some of the following:- Elevational Drawings (Existing and Proposed); Block Plan (showing position of development in relation to its surrounding area).
• Ordnance Survey Plan clearly identifying the application site in red ink and any other land in your ownership or control in blue ink.
• The relevant Fee (cash or cheque) - If no fee or an incorrect fee is submitted your application will not be registered/processed and will be returned to you.
• Design and Access Statement (where required).
• Any other information as may be requested by the Local Planning Authority.

The following documents are available under Document Links:-

• Fees for Planning Applications
• Fees for Application for Consent to Display Advertisements  
 

For further guidance please view the following information under External Links and Document links:-

• Access Statement Guidance (February 2011)
• Design and Access Statements in Wales
• Planning for Sustainable Buildings
• Tan 12 - Design 2009
• The Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (Wales) Order 2012
• The Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Amendment
  (Wales) Regulations 2009 - Design and Access Statement (Listed Building Consent)
   

Comment on Individual Applications

You can submit representations/comments to the Planning Division electronically. 

Please ensure you provide as much detail as possible including the planning application number. e.g. P/05/0876

Comments/representations can be e-mailed to:- planning@merthyr.gov.uk 

Calling-In Planning Applications

Further information is available under Document Links - Asking the National Assembly to decide Planning Applications -  An Explanatory Guide