Key announcements

Due to maintenance, some of our online forms and systems will be unavailable from 6:00am on Saturday 30 March to 7:00am on Monday 1 April. We are sorry for any inconvenience. To find out more about the section 114 notice, visit our section 114 page

Retention

Personal data will not be retained any longer than necessary to fulfil the purpose for which it was obtained, and in accordance with our data retention schedule:

Planning Pre-application Advice:

  • Records relating to pre-application advice will be retained from the date of creation for a period of 3 years as recommended by the Records Management Service;

Planning Applications:

  • Decision Notices on planning applications will be retained permanently as recommended by the Records Management Service;
  • Records relating to planning registers (such as approved plans) are kept permanently as recommended by the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development Order) 1995;
  • For significant developments, supporting documents (such as officer reports and Statutory consultee responses) will be retained.
  • For developments without s106 negotiations, officer reports will be retained but other supporting documents (such as Statutory consultee responses) will be destroyed after 4 years for delegated decisions and after 6 years for committee decisions.
  • Temporary documents used to make a decision, such as third party representations, will be destroyed when the application is finally disposed of (following a decision and after the period for appealing has passed or where an appeal has been decided).Planning Appeals:
  • Records relating to planning appeals will be retained from the conclusion of the appeal plus 6 years as recommended by the Limitation Act 1980;

Planning Enforcement:

  • Records relating to the process of enforcing building or land regulations will be retained from the date of compliance with the notice for a period of 10 years as recommended by the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development Order) 1995;
  • Records relating to informal enforcement notices will be retained from the date of compliance with the notice for a period of 3 years as recommended by the Records Management Service;
  • Records relating to disputes over high hedges will be retained for the current financial year plus 6 years as recommended by the Limitation Act 1980;

Tree Preservation Orders:

  • Records relating to Tree Preservation Orders are retained permanently as recommended by the Town and Country Planning (Trees) 1999.

Building Regulation Applications:

  • Records relating to building regulations applications in relation to listed or other significant buildings are retained permanently as recommended by the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990;
  • Records relating to building regulations applications in relation to all other buildings will be retained from the issue of the final certificate of inspection + 15 years as recommended by the Building Control Performance Standards 2006;
rating button