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Viewing Planning Applications

South Bucks District Council has now improved on its online planning service by increasing the amount and accessibility of information available to the public. As from the 12th March 2007 plans can be viewed via our PublicAccess page below.

Please note that only valid planning applications received in to the council offices from the 12th March 2007 are available. Applications received prior to that date are available to view at the council offices without prior arrangement.

Please read the following information before clicking on the Continue link to access the PublicAccess site.   By doing so, you acknowledge that you agree to the Copyright and Disclaimer plus other limitations.  

I agree to Copyright and Disclaimer.  
  
 (click on the icon to access the Public Access Website).           

You can click here to view the Copyright and Disclaimer.

Please note that PublicAccess is best viewed using Internet Explorer version 5.5 and upwards. Certain parts of the site such as View Maps may not function correctly in other browsers.

Useful Links

• Public Access - Quick User Guide
• Publicity for Applications
    

PublicAccess for planning is an online service that allows you to

• view planning applications being considered by South Bucks District Council, which are continuously updated as they are received and registered
• search for planning applications by a variety of criteria such as address, date, type, status, parish
• monitor and track the progress of an application via a live link to the back office system
• submit comments about the application during the appropriate stage of the application process
• view properties and applications by reference to a map
• view some planning history and details of some historic applications as they are made available

Please note that full functionality of this service is only supported using Internet Explorer v5.5 and above;  using other browsers may mean that some functions may not work correctly in particular the View Maps option.

To find out more about how to use it please click here to view a Quick User Guide.

Planning application history is available online from 1997 onwards.

Viewing Plans and Other Documents
At the moment you can view applications and their progress and access all the functionality listed above inclusive of plans, applications forms etc.  This functionality is part of a new project to scan in documents related to new applications received from the 12th March onwards so that they can be made available to the public. Applications previous to this date can be viewed at the council offices without prior arrangement.

All documents are however available to view in reception at the Council's offices at Capswood.  Up to and including 1996 applications and related documents are available to be viewed on microfiche.  From 1997 to 2000, the documents have been scanned onto CD and can be viewed on a terminal in reception.  From 2000 the information is currently only available in paper format.  Copies of all public documents can be obtained for a charge from reception, subject to copyright and restrictions.

We welcome your views on this service: how easy you find it to use: what information you would like to see or how it might be developed in the future. Please send your comments to Planning@southbucks.gov.uk.

If you have any technical problems in using this service or the service is unavailable please send your comments to ICTsupport@southbucks.gov.uk