Section 73 Removal or Variation of Condition

Section 73 Application to develop land without compliance with conditions previously attached form (also used for minor material amendments)

If you wish to develop land not in compliance with conditions previously attached to a grant of planning permission (sometimes referred to as varying or removing a condition) you must make an application under the provisions of Section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990. This form is also used to apply for minor material amendments to an existing planning permission.

Please download the Section 73 application to develop land without compliance with conditions previously attached form (also used for minor material amendments) (PDF) (opens in new window)

Please make sure your application includes the right information, or it will be judged as invalid.

Application requirements

Describing your proposal

To avoid delays, you must describe your application proposal properly. If we approve your application we grant planning permission for entire development again, so you must ensure that your description describes the whole development and explains which condition(s) previously imposed you do not wish to comply with. If you do not decribe your proposal properly we might not be able to validate your application.

You will always need:

• Form
• Correct fee

You will sometimes need:

• Site location plan
• Existing and proposed plans
• Bat survey
• Biodiversity net gain information (including baseline ecological information, biodiversity gain plan and completed Natural England metric) - applies to applications submitted on or after 1 January 2022
• Design and access statement
• Heritage statement
• Tree survey
• Flood risk assessment
• Non-mains drainage information
• Nutrient neutrality
• Construction method statement
• Protected species survey
• Renewable and low carbon energy (Policy 20) statement

For more details about when we need the information above, and what we expect, please see our guidance notes.

Application guides

Our guidance notes form part of our validation checklists. They provide further details about what information we require with an application.

• Bat surveys guidance note (PDF)
• Biodiversity net gain information
• Contaminated land assessment
• Construction method statement validation guidance
• Design, access and heritage statement guidance note (PDF)
• Planning fees validation guidance
• Fire statement validation guidance
• Flood risk assessment validation guidance
• Forms guidance note (PDF)
• Non-mains drainage validation guidance
• Nutrient neutrality information guidance
• Plans validation guidance
• Renewable and low carbon energy (Policy 20) validation guidance
• Site location plan validation guidance
• Sustainable drainage system statement validation guidance
• Tree survey guidance note (PDF)
• Validation checklist  PDF, 485.95 KB
• Wind energy developments - pre-submission consultation validation guidance
• Windows validation guidance