Application schema

Lawful development certificate: Existing Use

An application for a certificate confirming that an existing use of land, operational development or an activity being carried out in breach of a planning condition is lawful for planning purposes

Details

• Application: ldc-existing-use
• Extends: ldc

  This means it inherits all modules from the ldc base type application

• Entry date: 2025-08-12

Fields

These fields are captured at application level before the application-specific modules.

• Submission details Inherited from ldc:

  Details about the submitted payload, including how it is identified, routed, validated, handled and traced

  Reference: submission-details

  Required: True

Modules

This application uses the following modules. Each module groups fields that collect a related set of information.

• Agent contact details (agent-contact)Inherited from ldc

  Name and contact information if an agent is being used.

• Agent details (agent-details)Inherited from ldc

  Name and contact information if an agent is being used.

• Applicant contact details (applicant-contact)Inherited from ldc

  Telephone number and email address of the applicant.

• Applicant details (applicant-details)Inherited from ldc

  Name and contact information for the parties making the application.

• Checklist (checklist)Inherited from ldc

  Checking whether all the requirements of the form have been met, such as proof of payment or supporting documentation.

• Conflict of interest (conflict-of-interest)Inherited from ldc

  Details of any conflict of interest that may exist between the applicant and planning authority.

• Declaration (declaration)Inherited from ldc

  Signed and dated verification of the application's accuracy.

• Description of existing use (desc-existing-use)

  How the development site is used, including use class information

• Grounds for lawful development certificate (grounds-ldc)

  Evidence and explanations relating to a Lawful Development Certificate (LDC) application

• Information to support LDC (info-support-ldc)

  Supporting information required to make a Lawful Development Certificate application

• Interest details (interest-details)Inherited from ldc

  Names and contact details for all parties with an interest in the proposed develpoment.

• Pre-application advice (pre-app-advice)Inherited from ldc

  Details of pre-application advice previously received from the planning authority

• Residential units (res-units)

  Details of the residential units that make up both the current and proposed development.

• Site details (site-details)Inherited from ldc

  Where the proposed development will be built.

• Site Visit Details (site-visit)Inherited from ldc

  Information to help the planning authority arrange a site visit

• Use works activity (use-works-activity)

  Why a Lawful Development Certificate is required regarding how the development site is being used, or specific works taking place on the site.

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