How to make a planning application

To find out how to make a valid planning application, read our planning application guide.

While more detailed information can be found in the householders guide, valid planning applications are required to consist of the following (this list is not exhaustive):

  • a completed full application for planning permission with associated application fee, and notice served on the mobile home park management (see below)
  • a location plan to a scale of 1:1250, with a continuous red line showing the entire property
  • a block plan (typically to a scale of 1:200 or 1:500) showing the siting and size of the proposed development in relation to the property as a whole
  • full elevations (side view drawings) and floor plans of the proposed development, either to a standard scale (usually 1:50 or 1:100), or fully annotated with metric measurements

As mobile homes are classified as caravans and not dwellinghouses, you need to submit a full application for planning permission, and not a householder application for planning permission.

In most circumstances the application fee will be £293. This fee is subject to change. Applications that are submitted in relation to accessibility for a disability may not require a fee.

You need to serve formal notice on land owner (often this will be the mobile home park management company if there is one), with Certificate B of the application form completed.

If you need more advice on making a planning application, and to confirm the fee for your specific development, contact our Technical Support team by: