Planning - applications and certificates
Note
If you are experiencing problems logging
comments online, you can email your comments directly to DevelopmentManagement@pkc.gov.uk
What will I find on these pages?
These pages give general guidance about:
Why control development?
Over 140,000 people live in the area and many more visit to
work, to shop or for leisure. Because of this, the way any land or
building is used or the way a building is designed can affect many
people. We have a legal duty to control development so that land
and buildings are used sensibly, in a way that is best for the
whole community and the environment.
What are the benefits of controlling
development?
Some of the benefits of properly controlled development are:
- Ensuring that new houses are connected to roads and sewers, and
have shops and schools nearby
- Keeping noisy or dirty industry away from residential
areas
- Ensuring that new buildings are well laid out and at home with
their surroundings
- Conserving nature, the countryside and good farmland
- Ensuring that the road system can handle new developments
Whose responsibility is it to get planning permission?
It is your responsibility for seeking, or not seeking, planning
permission. If planning permission is required then work should not
start until planning permission has been granted.
I am not sure whether I need to apply for planning
permission?
The question of what needs planning permission can be quite a
complex matter. New buildings, such as houses, shops or factories,
require planning permission and so do many changes of use of
buildings and land. Extensions to buildings may also need planning
permission, depending on such matters as their size. The display of
certain types of advertisement needs consent under the
Advertisement Regulations.
If you are in any doubt about whether you need to apply, you can
write to us with the details of your proposal and we will advise
you as to whether or not planning permission is required.
Planning permission may well be needed if you want to change the
use of land or a building. For example, it will be required if you
want to convert your house into separate flats or an outbuilding
into a separate home. You may want to run a small business from
your house, and planning permission may be required in some
circumstances. Any change in the use of land unless it is to
agriculture, almost always requires permission.
Normal maintenance work to the outside of houses, shops or
factories does not need planning permission; nor is it needed for
internal alterations or for most demolition work. However, there
are exceptions to this rule.
Please note that major changes to the rules governing which
alterations and extensions to dwellinghouses and flats require
planning permission will be introduced from 6 February 2012. More
information on these changes is contained within the
Guidance Note which can be downloaded from this
page.
If I do need permission, can I get advice before I submit my
application?
You can write to us with details of your proposal and we will
provide written advice in accordance with our
pre-application advice guidance note. You should read this
before submitting your request to:
The Development Quality Manager
The Environment Service
Perth & Kinross Council
Pullar House
35 Kinnoull Street
Perth
PH1 5DG
Email: DevelopmentManagement@pkc.gov.uk
How do we publicise planning applications?
The applications we receive each week are made up into a 'weekly
list'. The list is available in libraries and on the web site
through
planning applications online. In
addition the Council will have sent out
neighbour notifications as soon as the application is
considered to be valid. Certain types of application are also
advertised by the Council in the 'Perthshire Advertiser' on
Fridays. The application will be available to be viewed by the
public at Pullar House, and via the
internet at local libraries and
planning applications online. Anyone can
comment on the application, not just the immediate
neighbours.
Can I copy plans?
The Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988 lets you
copy plans and drawings to allow you to look at them at a more
convenient time and place.
