Information about planning technical enquires and links to other useful information related to this subject matter.
This page details and sign-posts you to information about how to request a planning technical enquiry along with useful links to further planning advice.
Please use our online form at the end of this page to contact the Planning Technical Support team if you have a planning technical enquiry.
If your enquiry relates to any of the following, please click on the link for guidance. No further advice will be given.
To ascertain if the planning authority would support your development proposal you would need to pay for pre planning advice.
Please use our Customer Guide ‘Planning Pre-Application Advice’ this will give you the information and the fee structure in place for this service.
To ascertain if your proposal does not require planning permission please refer to the interactive house on the Planning Portal.
Should you require confirmation that a proposal does not require planning permission, you can make an application for a Certificate of lawfulness.
To ascertain whether permitted development rights have been removed from an individual property you will need to request to view a copy of the decision notice.
An Article 4 directive may remove permitted development rights from a widespread location.
Land and buildings in England are put into various categories according to their type and purpose, these are known as 'Use Classes'.
If you require formal proof of the use class of site a certificate of lawfulness application can be submitted. Please see the link to the planning portal to apply for a certificate of lawfulness application.
To determine whether planning permission is required for the installation of solar panels, please refer to the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order (GDPO).
To secure a private hire operators licence, your local licensing authority often requires proof of lawful planning use for your operating base. You can formally establish this by applying for a Certificate of Lawful Development application.
Please refer to the guidance available on the Planning Portal regarding outbuildings and the circumstances in which planning permission may or may not be required.
Please refer to the guidance available on the Planning Portal regarding fences, gates and garden walls. and the circumstances in which planning permission may or may not be required.
For all other technical enquiries, please use the online form below.
Planning Services
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
Town Hall
St Ives Road
Maidenhead
SL6 1RF
United Kingdom