How to submit a planning application, including works to trees, to Mendip District Council

Applications can also be emailed to planning@mendip.gov.uk

Hard copy applications should be posted to:

Planning Services,
Mendip District Council,
Cannards Grave Road,
Shepton Mallet,
BA4 5BT

Do not submit applications to individual Officer email addresses.

Planning Application Requirements - Forms and Checklists:

The table below lists the types of applications you can apply for with information on how to apply and a corresponding checklist.

Please take care to read the checklist for your relevant type of application as this provides the validation checklist and explains what information is a national requirement or a local requirement.  It is important to read the checklist because if you do not submit all the information required your application will be found to be invalid which will delay its consideration.

Please also see our tips for a successful application.  

Tips to ensuring your application is submitted correctly

Applicants and Developers are encouraged to seek pre-application advice prior to submit a planning application.  Gaining pre-application advice can identify potential issues at an early stage so that they can be addressed before submitting a formal application for planning permission.  

Further details of Mendip District Councils Pre-Application Advice

Please Note:

Information provided on the application form and accompanying drawings and documents will be made available on the internet

Mendip Planning Privacy Notice

Applications submitted electronically, will be treated as having been delivered at 9.00am on the next working day.

N.B. application forms state that we require a total of 4 copies of any application that is submitted in hard copy. Mendip District Council only require that 2 copies are submitted.

Application type, planning portal and checklists

Application Type	Planning Portal	Application Form	Checklist Link
Householder Application for Planning Permission	Planning Portal	Form	Householder Development Application Checklist
Householder Application with Listed Building Consent	Planning Portal	Form	Householder Application with Listed Building Consent Checklist
Householder Application and Demolition in a Conservation Area	Planning Portal	Form	Householder Development Application Checklist
Full Planning Permission	Planning Portal	Form	Full Planning Permission Application Checklist
Full Planning Permission with Listed Building Consent	Planning Portal	Form	Full Planning Permission and Listed Building Consent Application Checklist
Full Planning Permission and Demolition in a Conservation Area	Planning Portal	Form	Full Planning Permission Application Checklist
Full Planning Permission with Advertisement Consent	Planning Portal	Form	Full Planning Permission with Advertisement Consent Application Checklist
Outline Planning Permission - Some Matters Reserved	Planning Portal	Form	Outline Planning Permission with some matters reserved Application Checklist
Outline Planning Permission - All Matters Reserved	Planning Portal	Form	Outline Planning Permission with all matters reserved Application Checklist
Approval of Reserved Matters	Planning Portal	Form	Reserved Matters Application Checklist
Listed Building Consent	Planning Portal	Form	Listed Building Consent Application Checklist
Demolition in a Conservation Area	Planning Portal	Form	Demolition in a Conservation Area Application Checklist
Advertisement Consent	Planning Portal	Form	Advertisement Consent Application Checklist
Certificate of Lawful use or Development - Existing	Planning Portal	Form	Certificate of Lawful Use or Development (Existing) Application Checklist
Certificate of Lawful Use or Development - Proposed	Planning Portal	Form	Certificate of Lawful Use or Development (Proposed) Application Checklist
Removal or Variation of a Condition	Planning Portal	Form	Removal or Variation of Condition Application Checklist
Non-Material Amendment to a Planning Permission	Planning Portal	Form	Non-Material Amendments to Planning Permissions
Approval of Details Reserved by Conditions	Planning Portal	Form	Approval of Details Reserved by Condition Application Checklist
Request for Confirmation of Compliance With Planning Conditions	No form is available	N/A	Confirmation of Compliance with Planning Conditions Application Checklist
Prior Notification of Agricultural Development - Proposed Building	Planning Portal	Form	Agricultural Notification Checklist
Prior Notification of Agricultural Development - Proposed Road	Planning Portal	Form	Agricultural Notification Checklist
Prior Notification of Agricultural Development - Proposed Excavation	Planning Portal	Form	Agricultural Notification Checklist
Prior Notification of Agricultural Development - Proposed Fish Tanks	Planning Portal	Form	Agricultural Notification Checklist
Prior Notification for Telecommunications	Planning Portal	Form	Prior Notification for Telecommunications Application Checklist
Prior Notification for Proposed Demolition	Planning Portal	Form	Prior Notification for Demolition Application Checklist
Hedgerow Removal Notice	Planning Portal	Form	Hedgerow Removal Application Checklist
Works to trees in a Conservation Area and/or subject to a TPO	Planning Portal	Form	Works to Trees in a Conservation Area and/or subject to a Tree Preservation Order Application Checklist
Permission in Principle	Planning Portal	N/A
Application to Divert or Stop Up of a Public Footpath or Bridleway	Planning Portal	Form	Application to Divert or Stop up a Public Footpath or Bridleway Checklist
Discharge or Modification of a Section 106 Agreement	Planning Portal	Form [232.76KB]	Modification or Discharge of S106 Obligations Application Checklist
Prior Approval to Change the Use of Land/Buildings From Agriculture to a State-Funded School or Registered Nursery	Planning Portal	Form	Notification for Prior Approval to Change the Use of Land/Buildings From Agriculture to a State-Funded School or Registered Nursery Checklist
Prior Approval to Change the Use from Agricultural to Residential	Planning Portal	Form	Notification for Prior Approval to Change the Use from Agricultural Building to Residential Dwelling Checklist
Prior Approval to Change the Use from Class B1 (offices) to residential	Planning Portal	Form	Notification for Prior Approval to Change the Use of Land/Buildings from Use Class B1, C1, C2, C2A or D2 to a State-Funded School or Registered Nursery Checklist
Prior Approval to Change the Use of Land/Buildings From Classes A1 (Shops) or A2 (Financial/Professional Services) to Class C3 (Dwellinghouses)	Planning Portal	Form	Notification for Prior Approval to Change the Use of Land/Buildings From Classes A1 (Shops) or A2 (Financial/Professional Services) to Class C3 (Dwellinghouses) Checklist
Prior Approval to Change the Use of Buildings/Land From B1, C1, C2, C2A or D2 to a State-Funded School	Planning Portal	Form	Notification for Prior Approval to Change the Use of Land/Buildings From Classes A1 (Shops) or A2 (Financial/Professional Services) to Class C3 (Dwellinghouses) Checklist
Prior Approval for development consisting of the provision of temporary school buildings on vacant commercial land and the use of that land as a state-funded school for up to 3 academic years	Planning Portal	Form	Notification for Prior Approval for development consisting of the provision of temporary school buildings on vacant commercial land and the use of that land as a state-funded school for up to 3 academic years
Prior Approval for change of use from Class A1 (shops), Class A2 (financial and professional services), or Class A5 (hot food takeaways) or a betting shop, pay day loan shop or laundrette, to a use falling within Class B1(a) (offices)	Planning Portal	N/A
Prior Approval for change of use from Class A5 (hot food takeaways) to Class C3 (dwellinghouses)	Planning Portal	N/A
Prior Approval of a Larger Home Extension	Planning Portal	N/A	Planning Portal checklist