Planning Services

The RBWM Planning Service Teams

Building Control Consultancy - helps to maintain a safe and healthy environment in which to live and work, by ensuring compliance with Building Regulations.  The service provides assistance with pre-application advice and help through the application and site inspection process.  The service also deals with demolition notices and dangerous structures.

Development Control - deals with all matters relating to  Planning Applications. The department is divided into two teams, one for the North of the Borough (including Maidenhead, Cookham, Hurley etc) and the other for the South of the Borough (including Windsor, Sunninghill, Sunningdale, Eton and Ascot).

Enforcement - if you believe that someone has carried out building work, or changed the use of land or buildings without planning permission, or has not complied with conditions attached to a planning permission, you may contact the Enforcement section who will investigate.
 
Planning Policy - is responsible for the Local Plan, providing advice on policy matters and developer contributions;  the production of development briefs and other plans for specific sites and areas in the Borough, providing Census, demographic and monitoring information; and also advice on Conservation Areas, Listed Buildings and Archaeology.

Support Services -  Provide technical, administrative and general office support to the Planning teams. Also manages scanning of Planning Documents and  collation of statistics relating to the performance of the Planning service.

The Planning Service also includes the Transport Planning team and Highways Development Control (for applications where access to the highway may be affected).

Please also see the Planning Services FAQ's for further information.

We strive, as part of an integrated Planning Service, to continuously improve our service to customers.  Our Service Standards leaflet (available below) details these Performance Standards and Targets, as well as a Customer Care Commitment.  To contact any of our services please refer to the Planning Contacts page using the link to the right. For general Inquiries you can either call the Customer Service Centre on 01628 683810. Alternatively you may email us at planning.maidenhead@rbwm.gov.uk

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