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Planning Applications and Decisions

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Useful Mapping 

• GM Mapping and the Environment Agency also provide other important spatial information relevant to  land/properties within Tameside.
• Unitary Development Plan - this is the lead document of the Tameside Local Plan. It provides an overview of our objectives for the whole of the borough.

The Need For Planning Permission

• Do I need Planning Permission?

Please note that the ‘interactive house’, ‘common projects’ and ‘mini guides’ links available at this link (the planning portal website) are particularly useful. Should you wish to gain formal confirmation from the Council that you do not require planning permission for your project and it would constitute ‘permitted development',  please submit a ‘certificate of lawfulness’ via the planning portal website.

Duty Planning Officer/Pre-Application Service

Apply for Planning Permission

• Apply On-line  

Please be advised to contact the planning portal service desk if you require assistance with submitting your application on-line via this platform

• Information required to be submitted with a Planning Application

Please note that we can no longer accept any applications via email. Should you wish to submit an application to the Council for consideration please do so online (via the above ‘Apply On-line’ link). Alternatively, you may send the application via post to the address listed below under ‘Contact Information’ or hand the application in at Tameside One (customer services), Market Place, Ashton-under-Lyne.
 

Discharge of Planning Conditions and Commencement Notices

Discharge of Conditions 

It is important to read the decision notice in full before any work begins on an approved development.

The discharge of a planning condition involves a formal application process where details relating to an approved development can be considered and a decision made on their acceptability.

Fees apply for the application for approval of details reserved by condition which can be submitted on the Planning Portal

Where an application is submitted to simultaneously discharge several conditions, only one fee is required.

If conditions are not discharged or adhered to you can be subject to planning enforcement action in the form of a Temporary Stop Notice which will prevent you from working on site, or a Breach of Condition Notice which will be visible indefinitely on all future land/property searches.

You might also invalidate your planning permission which means that it cannot be implemented lawfully, for example:

• Not commencing work within the specified time period

Consent is considered implemented following the carrying out of a ‘material operation’ and if not done, the permission will lapse and you will need to apply again, in full.

• Not completing work in accordance with the approved plans

This could invalidate the permission and you may have to demolish the section that is unlawful and rebuild it in accordance with the approved plans.

In some cases you may be able to apply to vary the approved plans via a formal application or you may need to apply for a new permission altogether.

If this application is refused you will be requested to demolish the unlawful section and rebuild in accordance with the approved plans

This also applies where you apply to vary the approved plans via a formal application, or you apply for a new permission altogether, but are refused. 

• Commencing work without discharging pre-commencement/stage/pre-occupation conditions

If you commence within time but do not discharge the relevant conditions before starting, the permission is likely to be invalidated and you may not be able to implement it lawfully.

 

Commencement Notices

After your planning permission is granted, you must complete a mandatory Commencement Notice to inform us when you intend to start the work.

The decision notice you receive will include more information about this.

A copy of the Commencement Notice can be downloaded for completion below.

TMBC Commencement Notice

Once the Commencement Notice has been completed, this should be returned by email to :

planningmail@tameside.gov.uk 

or alternatively, this can be posted to:  Planning Department, Tameside MBC, P O Box 304, Ashton under Lyne, Tameside, OL6 0GA. 

 

Charges for Historic Planning Application Documentation

Documentation	Charge
Decision Notices	£20.60
Officers Report	£20.60
Section 106 Agreements	£20.60
Copy Documents/Plans (A4)	£1.24 per copy
Copy Documents/Plans (A3)	£1.24 per copy

Copies of the above documents can be requested by email via planningmail@tameside.gov.uk

Copies of all planning application plans and decision notices made from 2000 onwards are available online at zero cost.

Planning Guidance

• Residential Design Guide

• Trees & Landscaping on Development Sites

• Employment Land

• Sustainable Design & Construction Guide

• Other Planning Guidance

 

Planning Fees and Charges – Increase on 1 April 2026

Planning fees will be increased on the 1 April 2026 in line with the rate of inflation, as measured by the Consumer Prices Index (CPI), from the preceding September.

Read more information on Planning fees: annual indexation from 1 April on the gov.uk website.

 

Planning Appeals

• General Advice on Planning Appeals

• Search the Live Database of Planning Appeals

To see the Fair Access Statement, please visit Fair Access to Services - Policy Statement

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Planning Service Telephone Enquiries (0161 342 8355 - Option 4)
Tameside MBC’s Planning Technical Support Team are available to take your calls during the following times periods:
Monday – 9:00am – 1:00pm
Tuesday – 1:00pm – 4:00pm
Wednesday – 9:00am – 1:00pm
Thursday – 9:00am – 1:00pm
Friday – 1:00pm – 4:00pm
 
You can also contact us via email at planningmail@tameside.gov.uk