We receive hundreds of planning applications each year for permission to construct or change buildings, including houses, offices, shops, warehouses, factories and leisure facilities.

These are all available to view online, and you can comment on any application.

The first thing to do is register with our planning system. You’ll be asked for your name, address and email.

Our step-by-step guide shows you how to do this.

• We will only deal with comments about valid planning issues.
• Your comments will be made available online to the public.
• We are required to publish your name and address.
• We will not publish your signature, telephone number, email address or any defamatory comment.
• Public and/or neighbour comments must be made before the end of the neighbour notification expiry date or before the end of the expiry date of any public advert, whichever date is the later. This expiry date may be different from the standard consultation expiry date noted in the Important Dates section in the public portal. The standard consultation relates to statutory consultees who are organisations and bodies, defined by statute, who must be consulted on relevant planning applications, rather than members of the public.