What you need to submit with your application

We encourage you to submit your application using the Planning Portal  as it provides a step-by-step guide and ensures you are using the correct application form.

If you prefer not to submit your application through Planning Portal, you can download a PDF form instead. Please note that this form cannot be completed electronically; it must be downloaded, printed, and completed by hand.

Completed applications can be submitted by post to:

Tandridge District Council, 8 Station Road East, Oxted RH8 0BT.

Alternatively, applications can be emailed to planningapplications@tandridge.gov.uk. 

Please note that we will contact you separately to arrange payment of the application fee before your application can be validated.

Before you submit your application

Before submitting your planning application, you need to check what additional information you need to provide. There are two sets of information requirements:

• National Information Requirements – set nationally for applications requiring planning permission.
• Local validation requirements and checklist – set by the Local Planning Authority. The checklist will state what information we need from you. A completed checklist must be submitted with all applications.

If you are submitting a paper application, you can download the relevant checklist for:

• Householder applications or
• All other application types.

After you submit your application

Once submitted, applications are checked to ensure all documents and fees required have been correctly submitted so that the application can be validated. If any documents/fees are missing, you will be requested to provide these details before the application can be considered.

Other documents

You may also need to look at the following documents:

• The Biodiversity Checklist.
• The Biodiversity Checklist Guidance Notes.
• Heritage Statement (Surrey County Council).
• If you need to give notice of the application to another owner or agricultural tenant, please use Notice 1 or by local press advertisement then please use Notice 2.

We will assess your submission against the national and local information checklists to ensure we have enough information to validate your application. Only valid applications will be subject to publicity/ consultation and passed to planning officer for assessment.

If you do not submit the correct information including the checklist and the application fee, your application will be considered ‘invalid’ and we will write to you to advise the information/ fees required to validate your application and the timescales to provide it.

Maps

We no longer support the Ordnance Survey Map Return Scheme. Ordnance Survey maps are available online when making a planning application through the Planning Portal.

Planning fees

You can find the fees for all types of development proposals on the Planning Portal fee calculator. 

The Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL)

Community Infrastructure Levy CIL is a charge on some forms of new development collected to deliver infrastructure improvements in areas such as transport, education, health and leisure, as development comes forward.

The levy is charged on a £s per square metre (sqm) basis which will be applied to all planning permissions granted on or after 1 December 2014. The rates that will be applied to qualifying development in this district is set out below.

The CIL Charges introduced in 2014 rise each year, more details can be found in the Annual CIL Rate Summary.