Find out if you need planning permission and apply in the Harrogate area

We offer a householder planning check service and will tell you what permissions are needed for your project. This will cover any requirements for building regulation approval, listed building consent, conservation area consent and approvals for tree works as well as planning permission.

Much time is taken dealing with planning applications that are invalid as they have been submitted without all of the required information.

Planning applications that are not submitted with the correct information as stated within these pages may be treated as invalid and will not be processed until such time as the required information has been submitted.

The Harrogate District Community Infrastructure Levy Charging Schedule was approved at full council on 8 July 2020.

We welcome pre-application discussions before you submit a formal planning application. The service aims to take some of the uncertainty out of the process and offers you constructive and without prejudice advice on the likelihood of your proposal receiving planning permission.

Find out more about decisions made at the former planning committee for the Harrogate area.

This information is to help you understand what happens to an application after we receive it.