This section gives you a wide range of tools to use when reviewing your pre application service. It looks at how and when to use PPAs, it helps you to ensure effective councillor and community engagement in pre applications, it provides advice on setting pre application fees and guidance on best practice.
In this section:
Pre-application self assessment questionnaire
This is a self assessment tool to help you to with the process of reviewing your pre-application service.
Pre-application - Ten commitments for effective engagement
These 10 commitments are about the way that LPAs, developers and statutory consultees all work together at the pre-application stage. Design your services along these lines and talk to your applicants about doing the same.
Pre-application Suite
We pulled together a suite of tools and guidance that we think you will find useful. It includes advice on engaging councillors and communities, advice on setting pre application fees and some best practice examples