We consider your planning proposal a major development if it meets one or more of the following criteria:

• the provision of dwellinghouses where the number of dwellinghouses to be provided is ten or more, or the development is to be carried out on a site having an area of 0.5 hectares or more when unit numbers are unknown
• the provision of a building or buildings where the floor space to be created by the development is 1,000 square metres or more
• the development is to be carried out on a site having an area of one hectare or more

When submitting your request for pre-application planning advice on a major development, please include:

• your contact details (including telephone number and email address)
• site address
• a site location plan (with site outlined in red) to a scale of 1:1250 or 1:2500
• a written description of the existing use of the site
• written details of the proposal (description of works)
• layout drawings showing unit numbers
• the correct fee

The advice you receive depends in part on the amount and quality of the information you provide.

You may also include:

• photographs/photomontages
• draft design and access, planning or heritage statements
• architectural drawings, including elevations to a scale of 1:50 or 1:100
• site survey, including existing landscape features/trees
• contextual plans showing how the proposal relates to its surroundings