Local authorities
As the national hub for planning and building control, the Planning Portal offers a unified platform for submitting both types of applications through a single portal.
As the leading channel for these applications nationwide, it’s crucial that your council is set up to receive both planning and building control applications. If your council isn’t yet registered with us for Building Control, you could be missing out on important applications. Discover the benefits of our integrated Building Control Portal.1
If your local authority has not yet enabled Building Control applications through the Planning Portal, learn about signing up and contact us today2.
Local authority staff can manage their planning and/or building control applications using the dedicated local authority admin area of Planning Portal. Generally, we expect that separate accounts will be used for planning applications and building control applications as these are usually managed by distinct teams.
You can use the panel below to sign in into our ‘LPA Admin’ platform.
- https://www.planningportal.co.uk/applications/building-control-applications/building-control/building-control-portal
- https://www.planningportal.co.uk/services/meet-the-team/business-development-team
We have developed excellent partnerships with local authorities to change the culture of planning and provide accessible, open and transparent online planning services to citizens and professionals.
Around 90 per cent of applications are now submitted online. With financial and resource constraints on both central and local government, we need to tackle further obstacles to realise a truly online planning service.
This section offers practical information and resources to support local authorities working with us.
Please note: The following services are now provided by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and Planning Inspectorate:
- https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/applying-for-energy-infrastructure-consents
- https://acp.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/
Local authority online services
You can log in to LPA Admin to:
- Manage and download planning and/or building control applications
- Manage supporting document requirements or file size limitations
- Update contact details and useful links
Log in to your local authority account (https://lpa.planningportal.co.uk)
Log in to your local authority accountWe have produced in-depth guidance documents to provide you with everything you need to know to manage the local authority admin area of your Planning Portal account.
Please note:
The Planning Portal LPA Admin interface can only be accessed by local authorities and building control bodies. The admin guidance above contains details of how to log in or create a new account and request access.
- https://ecab.planningportal.co.uk/uploads/LPA-admin-guide.pdf
- https://ecab.planningportal.co.uk/uploads/buildingcontrol/BC_local-authority-admin-guide.pdf
Join our Knowledge Hub group
Share your views and help us to develop new applications and services for local authorities by collaborating with us and contributing to our Knowledge Hub group. Please note, this group is exclusively for local authorities.
Explore (https://www.planningportal.co.uk/services/authorities/discussion-group)
ExploreSupporting local authorities: services and resources
Here you can find details of how local planning authorities can benefit from efficiencies through the Planning Portal's suite of products and content, along with recommendations and updates.
Find out more (https://www.planningportal.co.uk/services/authorities/LPA-resources)
Find out moreLocal authority monthly bulletin
Subscribe to our monthly local authority bulletin, specifically tailored to planning and building control departments. Delivered directly to your mailbox each month, free of charge. Access previous articles1.
- https://www.planningportal.co.uk/local-authority-bulletins
Subscribe to the bulletin (http://eepurl.com/dmmBdz)
Subscribe to the bulletin
Common causes of invalid planning applications
The Planning Portal is working hard to address this by embedding a feature into the online service for users to draw their site boundary and create a location plan as part of thier application.
Planning data report
The Planning Portal is in the unique position of receiving around 90 per cent of all planning applications submitted to local authorities. We’ve developed our reports to offer unrivalled access to this data.