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Ecological checklist

A completed Ecological checklist is always required, except for the following types of application:

  • advertisement consent
  • certificates of existing and proposed lawful development and uses
  • changes of use - where there are no physical works proposed
  • nonmaterial amendment

Ecological checklists are not required where the application is accompanied by an ecological report (EcIA - Ecological Impact Assessment), undertaken by a qualified ecologist and carried out within the previous two years.

How to submit

The Ecological checklist must be completed in full and correctly in order for the application to be valid. 

Please see our Local Planning Application requirements page for more details on how to submit. 

Local Planning Application requirements page