Planning Applications: Proposed Changes to the Local Validation Checklist

When a planning application is submitted it must be accompanied by information to support, explain and justify the proposed development. The information that Wirral Council requires to be submitted with planning applications is set out in its Local Validation Checklist.

Wirral Council is working towards the adoption of its new Local Plan. The policies in the Local Plan introduce the need for additional information to be submitted with certain types of planning application. Wirral Council therefore needs to make changes to its existing Local Validation Checklist to make it clear when this information will be needed.

In the ‘Documents’ section of this page you will find a copy of the proposed Local validation checklist. If you would like to compare this proposed revised version of the checklist to the Council’s existing validation checklist, the existing version is also in the documents section of this page.

It is a statutory requirement that the Council undertakes a public consultation on any significant changes to its Local Validation Checklist. If you would like to provide feedback on the proposed changes to the checklist you can contact the Planning department using the contact details set out in the ‘Contact Us’ section of this page.

Following the consultation period all responses received will be reviewed before a decision is made whether to implement these proposed changes to the Local Validation Checklist or not.