Applying for Permission

This section contains information that may be helpful if you are submitting a planning application. Before you submit a planning application we strongly recommend that you use our Pre-application Advice Service. Details of what you need to submit with your application can be found on the Validation Requirements section

For information on fees, please see the Planning Fees/How to pay section. When a planning application has been made invalid and additional information has been requested but not received within the time frame given (usually 21 days), the application will be returned by post and an administration fee deducted from the planning fee refund. More information on this can be found on the Invalid Applications section

As part of your application you may need to serve notice on individuals, if Certificate B or C is completed and Owners are known please use Notice 1 (PDF).  If however you are submitting a householder application please use the Householder notice (PDF).  If Certificate C or D is completed and the owners are unknown please complete Notice 2 (PDF) and publish in the local paper. 

Submitting an application

We strongly recommend that you submit your application online using the Planning Portal website. All of the information and guidance that you will need to submit your application is available there.

You can also download the application forms and return your application by post to: Planning, East Cambridgeshire District Council, The Grange, Nutholt Lane, Ely, CB7 4EE

Paper Forms

There are a number of application types that are not available using the online pickers above and you can access these forms using the link below: 

The following application types are not available to download through the Planning Portal and the forms can be downloaded below:

Deemed Consent Notification

To take advantage of the Deemed Discharge Procedure it is necessary for an Applicant to submit a Deemed Discharge Notice to the Local Authority. Such Notice can be served 6 weeks after receipt of the Condition Discharge Application by the Local Authority. This notification can only be used for consents granted after the 15 April 2015

Notification of Deemed Consent of Discharge of Condition Application Form (PDF) 

Temporary (Flexible) Change of Use Notification

Application form to notify the Local Planning Authority of the intent to implement temporary three year change of use under Class D of Part 4 of Schedule 2 (Temporary Buildings and Uses) of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development)(England) Order 2015

Notification of Temporary (flexible) Change of Use Application (PDF) 

Modification or Discharge of a Planning Obligation

Planning obligations can be renegotiated at any point, where the local planning authority and developer wish to do so. Where there is no agreement to voluntarily renegotiate, and the planning obligation predates April 2010 or is over five years old, an application may be made to the local planning authority to change the obligation where it no longer serves a useful purpose or would continue to serve a useful purpose in a modified way.

Application to Modify or Discharge a Planning Obligation (PDF)