If you are submitting a planning application, it is essential that you submit the relevant information with your application, in the appropriate format and with the correct fee, so that we can validate and process your application efficiently. Guidance on the information required to be submitted with an application is available via the relevant link on the left of this page.
Planning applications can either be submitted in paper format or electronically through the Planning Portal. You can make a payment for your planning application through this website (you will need either the Planning Portal reference number or the application reference number, shown on the acknowledgement letter that you receive from the City of London). Planning Application Fees November 2012 (33kb).
Read our guidance note on the electronic submission of planning drawings and supporting documents (10kb).
You can download application forms and guidance notes for planning permission, listed building consent, conservation area consent, advertisement consent and works to trees via the relevant link on the left of this page.
Applicants are encouraged to contact the Department of the Built Environment to obtain pre-application advice before the submission of a planning application.