Planning processing agreements can help your planning application proceed more efficiently through the system and give certainty to the process.

The benefits include:

• faster decision making
• clear lines of communication
• early engagement with all relevant interested stakeholders
• more certainty and commitment about the information we require
• timelines for submissions, responses and committee meetings

If a processing agreement would benefit your application, this will be highlighted at the pre-application stage for major development. For complex local developments, your case officer will contact you to discuss this after the application has been validated.

For more information, please see Chapter 6 Planning Circular 3/2022: Development Management Procedures