Planning Leaflets

Elmbridge Borough Council produce a number of free guidance leaflets available to download or view at our Council Offices. You can also refer to guides published by |Communities and Local Government (CLG) for general planning advice.

Development Control

• |A Householders Planning Guide for the Installation of Antennas, including Satellite Dishes (CLG)
• |Creating better places to live: A guide to the planning system in England (CLG)
• |Development Control Service Charter
• |Elmbridge Residential Design Guidance
• |Elmbridge Residential Design Guidance - Home Extensions
• |Enforcement Concordat
• |Guidance on the storage and collection of household waste
• |Guidelines on Publicity for Planning Applications
• |How to Comment on a Planning Application
• |Informal guidance on affordable housing on development sites
• |Outside Advertisements and Signs: A Guide for Advertisers (CLG)
• |Planning and access for disabled people: a good practice guide (CLG)
• |Public Speaking at Area Planning Sub-committees
• |What will happen to your planning application - Non-executive delegation of Development Control decisions

Conservation / Listed building

• |Coal & Wine Tax Posts
• |Conservation Areas - A Guide
• |Shop fronts in Conservation Areas

Environment & Trees

• |A Guide for Appellants (Tree Preservation Orders - Consents for Works)
• |Buying a tree with a house in the garden
• |Over the Garden Hedge (CLG)
• |Protected trees - a guide to tree preservation procedures (CLG)
• |Standards for the Assessment of Agricultural Amenity
• |Trees and Development in Elmbridge - A Guide to Incorporating Trees in Proposals for Developing Land

To request a paper copy of a publication please complete the |online request form.