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Discharge of conditions 

Compliance with Planning conditions

From 6th April 2008 charges apply to all requests for approval of details to discharge conditions attached to planning permissions and requests for confirmation that conditions have been complied with, regardless of when permission was granted.

Exceptions

Exceptions to the charges for requests relating to Listed Building Consent and requests to discharge conditions on an outline permission (other than submission of “reserved matters”).  There is also no charge for applications resulting from a condition removing “permitted development rights”. 

Cost

£25 for householder developments, and £85 for all other developments, per request.

Application forms

Requests to discharge conditions should be made on the standard application form 

Application for approval of details reserved by condition       Help file

The appropriate fee must be provided with the request.

Requests for confirmation of compliance with conditions should be made in writing or by e-mail to
planning@crewe-nantwich.gov.uk.  The appropriate fee must be provided with the request.

Charging for handling written requests has been made statutory by the Government and will achieve the following customer benefits:-

  • Guaranteed response within 12 weeks, or your money back.
  • Written answer which can be used in Home Information Packs (HIPs) or to satisfy purchaser’s solicitors.
  • Enable more officer time to be dedicated to each request.
  • Enable a record of approved details to be kept for dealing with any queries from neighbours when work starts,
    we can advise them what is happening and help to avoid neighbour disputes.

Discharging Planning Conditions - leaflet to download in .pdf 

Discharging planning conditions - your questions answered