The Planning and Sustainable Development Service provides an optional validation checking service. This service is upon request and offers expedited validation. Fees for this service are available here: Planning Fees and Charges Document
The council receives a high number of invalid applications. This causes delays to the customer and the planning service in processing planning applications. The benefits of providing a validation checking service include:
No. This is an optional service aimed at applicants and agents to expedite validation and avoid delays.
Once the fee has been paid a Validation Officer will:
The validation checking service categories are as follows:
There will be no charge for the validation checking service if the following apply:
The validation checking service fee is in addition to the planning fee for processing the application. For details of both planning fees and validation checking service fees, please see our:
The service can be requested by emailing planning@cornwall.gov.uk.
Applications submitted via the Planning Portal drop automatically into our back-office systems. Therefore it is imperative you email including your PP reference to ensure your validation checking request is received.
A member of the Planning Team will then make contact to take payment.
Please note:
Any advice is not a formal decision by the Council. We give views or opinions:
in good faith to the best of our ability.
This is without prejudice to the formal consideration of any planning application .
Officers cannot give guarantees about the formal decision that will be made on your planning or related applications.
Cornwall Council also provides a list of accredited agents. Applications are validated and registered swiftly. This streamlines the planning processes.
Please visit the accredited agents householder scheme page for further information.