1. Missing Documents

It is really important that we have everything necessary in order to reach a decision on your application. Our Validation Checklist confirms all the information and documents needed to meet both national and local validation criteria.

Further guidance can be found with the following:

• Ensure your refer to the Validation Checklist
• Look at our 'Get Things Right' leaflet
• Use the validation checklist matrix
• The design and access statement is a particularly common cause of invalid applications. Please look at the Informal Design Guidance page to see if your application needs one and to make sure it covers all the right areas of information.