Planning Services

Town and Country Planning is about the management of competing uses for land and buildings, and the making of places that are valued and have identity.

Activities within Planning Services at Craven District Council are split into the following areas: -

• Planning applications (Development Control)

  Planning applications (Development Control)

  Development Control primarily deals with planning applications and similar consents.

• Planning Enforcement

  Planning Enforcement

  Planning Enforcement investigate alleged cases of development that has been undertaken without the necessary permission, or not in accordance with the conditions of a permission. Where necessary legal action can be taken to require breaches of planning control to be rectified.

• Planning Policy

  Planning Policy

  The Planning Policy Service write the policies and guidance documents that set out the location and design of development within the area. The Planning Policy pages provide information on the existing Local Plan, the accompanying proposals maps, planning guidance for people wanting to submit planning applications, and the work the Council is currently doing on the new Local Development Plan.

• Trees and Hedges

  Trees and Hedges

  Advice on Tree Preservation Orders, works to trees within Conservation Areas, the removal of hedgerows, and High Hedge complaints.

• Local Land Charges

  Local Land Charges

  Local Land Charges is the service which undertakes official searches for the conveyancing of land and properties, and maintains the Register of Charges.

• The Yorkshire Dales National Park within Craven District.

  The Yorkshire Dales National Park within Craven District.

  The Yorkshire Dales National Park includes land that is within the boundary of Craven District Council. The National Park is responsible for Planning within its area and not Craven District Council. Local Land Charges and other services provided by Craven District Council still operate within the National Park.

• Contact Details for Planning Services

• Page last updated: 06 December 2012

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