About planning

Planning is about the way land and buildings are used now and in the future. We have plans and policies which guide us on how to make our decisions.

Decision making process map

For a brief overview of how the process works in planning see our decision making process map:

• download: Decision making process map for planning applications (PDF 202KB)

• Town planning and development control
• Our planning service offer
• Planning terms A-L
• Planning terms M-Z
• Planning - links to other sites
• What do you think about the planning service
• Planning enforcement policy
• Planning enforcement
• Planning appeals
• Our performance in deciding on planning applications