Planning Application Guide

The following guidance will help you understand which application you need to submit. You can also answer a series of questions on the Planning Application Wales website which will guide you to the correct application type.

• Householder planning permission guidance notes (pdf)
• Full planning permission guidance notes (pdf)
• Outline planning permission: some matters reserved guidance notes (pdf)
• Outline planning permission: all matters reserved guidance notes (pdf)
• Approval of reserved matters guidance notes (pdf)
• Listed building consent guidance notes (pdf)
• Demolition in a conservation area guidance notes (pdf)
• Consent to display an advertisement guidance notes (pdf)
• Removal/Variation of a condition guidance notes (pdf)
• Approval of details reserved by a condition (discharge of condition) guidance notes (pdf)
• Lawful development - existing use guidance notes (pdf)
• Lawful development - proposed use guidance notes (pdf)
• Non-material amendment guidance notes (pdf)
• Prior notification - building, road, excavation / waste material and fish tank / cage  (agricultural / forestry) guidance notes (pdf)
• Prior notification - demolition guidance notes (pdf)
• Prior notification - development by telecoms operators (pdf)
• Tree works: trees in conservation areas/subject to TPOs guidance notes (pdf)
• Hedgerow removal notice guidance notes (pdf)
• Structural Report Guidance (pdf)

The easiest way to for you to submit your planning application is online using the Planning Applications Wales website. Completing a form online ensures you are prompted to answer only questions relevant to your application. Your completed application form is sent directly to us for processing.

The Development Management Manual (annex 7) provides guidance on the information required for a valid planning application and other similar consents.

Apply for planning permission         Download guidance notes for online applications (pdf)   

If you’d prefer to submit a paper application, you can download and print a pdf version here and return it by post to Civic Offices, Crescent Road, Llandeilo, SA19 6HW with the relevant fee. We only need one copy of your application form and the accompanying documents.

It is important that you read the accompanying help text as incorrect completion will delay the processing of your application.

You will need to download and complete an agricultural planning evaluation questionnaire when applying for planning permission for agricultural dwellings or buildings.

Householder planning

The Householder application should be used for proposals to alter or enlarge a single house, including works within the curtilage (boundary/garden) of a house.

Householder planning permission application form (.pdf)

Help to complete householder planning application (.pdf)

Householder planning & demolition in a conservation area (.pdf)

Help to complete a combined application for householder planning and demolition in a conservation area (.pdf)

Householder planning & listed building consent (.pdf)

Help to complete a combined application for householder planning and listed building consent (.pdf)

Full planning permission

Full planning permission (.pdf)

Help to complete your full planning permission application (.pdf)

If you need to apply for two consent types, e.g. full permission and listed building consent, combined forms are available that include the questions for both application types. If you use one of these combined forms, even though you only have to complete one form, it will be treated as two applications and you will be given two application numbers, one for each type of consent.

Full planning & listed building consent (.pdf)

Help to complete a combined application for full planning and listed consent (.pdf)

Full planning & display of advertisements (.pdf)

Help to complete a combined application for full planning & display of advertisements (.pdf) 

Full planning & demolition in a conservation area (.pdf)

Help to complete a combined application for full planning & demolition in a conservation area(.pdf)

Listed building consent and Demolition in a conservation area

Listed building consent (.pdf)

Help to complete a listed building consent application (.pdf)

Demolition in a conservation area (.pdf)

Help to complete a demolition in a conservation area application (.pdf)

Advertisement consent

Consent to display an advertisement (.pdf)

Help to complete a consent to display an advertisement application (.pdf)

Outline planning permission

Outline planning permission: some matters reserved (.pdf)

Help to complete outline planning permission: some matters reserved application (.pdf)

Outline planning permission: all matters reserved (.pdf) 

Help to complete outline planning permission: all matters reserved application (.pdf)

Approval of reserved matters

Approval of reserved matters (.pdf)

Help to complete an approval of reserved matters application (.pdf)

Removal or Variation of condition(s)

Removal / Variation of a condition (.pdf)

Help to complete a removal / variation of a condition application (.pdf)

Discharge of condition(s)

Approval of details reserved by a condition (discharge of condition) (.pdf)

Help to complete an approval of details reserved by a condition (discharge of condition) application (.pdf)

Non-material amendment

Non-material amendment (.pdf)

Help to complete a non-material amendment application (.pdf)

Lawful development certificates

Lawful development - existing use (.pdf)

Help to complete a lawful development: existing use application (.pdf)

Lawful development - proposed use (.pdf)

Help to complete a lawful development: proposed use application (.pdf)

Prior notification

Prior notification - building (agricultural/forestry) (.pdf)

Help to complete a prior notification - building (agricultural/forestry) application (.pdf)

Prior notification - road (agricultural/forestry) (.pdf)

Help to complete a prior notification - road (agricultural/forestry) application (.pdf)

Prior notification - excavation/waste material (agricultural/forestry) (.pdf)

Help to complete a prior notification - excavation/waste material (agricultural/forestry) application (.pdf)

Prior notification - fish tank/cage (agricultural/forestry) (.pdf)

Help to complete a prior notification - fish tank/cage (agricultural/forestry) application (.pdf)

Prior notification - demolition (.pdf)

Help to complete a prior notification - demolition application (.pdf)

Prior notification - development by telecoms operators (.pdf)

Help to complete a prior notification - development by telecoms operators application (.pdf)

Tree works to TPOs and trees in a conservation area

Tree works: trees in conservation areas/subject to TPOs (.pdf)

Help to complete a tree works: trees in conservation areas / subject to TPOs application (.pdf)

Hedgerow Removal

Hedgerow removal notice (.pdf)

Help to complete a hedgerow removal notice application (.pdf)

The Welsh Government sets a sliding rate of fees which can be found on the application fees.

Examples of fees include:

• Erection of a dwelling £460
• Extension / Alteration to an existing dwelling £230
• Change of use £460
• Advertisement on a business premises £120

A Guide to the New Fees for Planning Applications in Wales

We would encourage all applicants to pay online at the time they submit their application. However, we also have the following payment methods available after submission:

• By Telephone - We accept credit/debit card payments. If you’d like to speak to a member of staff in the cashier's team - call 01267 228686 during office hours, 9am - 5pm.
• BACS Payment - e-mail planningregistrations@carmarthenshire.gov.uk for further details and to set up a BACS payment.

To pay for a Planning application please quote either the Planning Portal reference number PP-*** or the planning application reference number PL/00*** when making your payment.

To pay a statutory pre application enquiry fee please quote you reference number PRE/****

Our target is to provide a decision within an 8 week period or 16 weeks for Environmental Impact Assessment developments.

We consider that all applications are important, and we work hard to complete them as quickly as possible. We are constantly striving to ensure that the process is as efficient as possible.

Applicants whose submissions have not been resolved within the 8-week timeframe, which does apply to most applications, may have received a request for an extended timeframe to assess the application. However, the applicant does have the right to appeal to the Welsh Government via the Planning Inspectorate (Wales) if they do not agree to the extension of time and the original 8 week or agreed period has lapsed without a decision being made.

If you have any enquiries prior to making an application, we advise that you use the guidance on our webpages and planning portal in the first instance.

If you have submitted an application via a third party, please contact your agent or planning consultant.

If you have submitted an application independently and wish to discuss with your case officer, we ask that you request a response to your queries by submitting them by email to planningHWB@carmarthenshire.gov.uk.

Please allow up to 3 weeks from validation of your application before you contact your case officer, to enable the application to proceed.

You can track your planning application online, including viewing any comments we have received.

Search for a planning application

You do not need to own land to apply for planning permission on it. This means you can apply for permission before deciding whether to buy a piece of land. If you don’t own the land, you must serve notice on any owner(s) or interested parties concerned. The relevant notice will be available for you to complete online, under ‘ownership certificates’.

By completing this action, this will aid your application as information on land ownership is required in your planning application.

Submit a planning application

As part of your application you will need to show who owns the land/property you want to develop. If there is shared ownership you will also need to download the relevant notice.

• Notice 1 - Under Article 10 - This notice is to be printed and served on individuals if Certificate B or C is completed (.pdf)
• Notice 2 - Under Article 10 - This notice is for publication in local newspaper if Certificate C or D is complete (.pdf)

Location and site/block plans can be purchased from any approved online Ordnance Survey map provider, such as Blackwells.

When using Ordnance Survey mapping for planning applications, the map should:

• Show OS Crown copyright as an acknowledgement.
• Show the correct licence number if you wish to print or copy maps for applications.
• Not be a Land Registry document.
• Not be used for multiple applications.
• Not be a photocopy or screen grab image.
• Not to be copied from existing OS mapping if using hand drawn maps – such as standard sheets.

Although the following specific details are not all required for an application to be registered as valid, they will assist us to understand the application. The Development Management Manual (annex 7) provides guidance on the information required for a valid planning application and other similar consents.

Location plan

• Scale 1:1250 or 1:2500.
• North point, date and drawing number.
• Outline the application property/site with a red line.
• Draw a blue line around any other land owned by the applicant, close to or adjoining the application site.
• Show the application property/site in relation to at least two named roads and surrounding buildings where possible.

Details of existing site layout

• Scale, typically 1:200 or appropriate scale to ascertain required level of detail.
• North point, date and number on plans.
• Show the whole property/site, including all buildings, gardens, open spaces and car parking.
• Any relevant assessments carried out.

Details of proposed site layout

• Scale, typically 1:200.
• North point, date and number on plans.
• Show the siting of any new building or extension, vehicular/pedestrian access, changes in levels, landscape proposals, including trees to be removed, new planting, new or altered boundary walls and fences, and new hard-surfaced open spaces.
• Show proposals in the context of adjacent buildings/environment.
• Illustrate elevation and cross-sections of the steepest elevation.

Floor plans

• Scale 1:50 or 1:100.
• In the case of an extension, show the floor layout of the existing building to indicate the relationship between the two, clearly indicating new work.
• Show floor plans in the context of adjacent buildings, where appropriate.
• In the case of minor applications it may be appropriate to combine the layout and floor plan (unless any demolition is involved).
• Include a roof plan where necessary to show a complex roof or alteration to one.

Elevations

• Scale 1:50 or 1:100 (consistent with floor plans) which include figured dimensions.
• Show every elevation of a new building or extension.
• For an extension or alteration, clearly distinguish existing and proposed elevations.
• Include details of material and external appearance.
• Show elevations in the context of adjacent buildings, where appropriate.

Cross-Sections

• Scale 1:50/1:100 (consistent with floor plans), where appropriate.

In the case of large scale or complex development proposals, models, computer-based representations, three dimensional drawings and perspectives may also be particularly useful.

You will need to download and complete an agricultural planning evaluation questionnaire when applying for planning permission for agricultural dwellings or buildings. 

Agricultural planning evaluation questionnaire

Please note that Building Regulations approval is a separate matter from obtaining planning permission for your work. Our Building Control team can work with businesses and householders to help ensure your project runs smoothly and efficiently through the design, approval and construction processes. We also provide a free building regulation pre-application advice, if required.