Crown Development Applications - GOV.UK Cookies on GOV.UK We use some essential cookies to make this website work. We’d like to set additional cookies to understand how you use GOV.UK, remember your settings and improve government services. We also use cookies set by other sites to help us deliver content from their services. You have accepted additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time. You have rejected additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time. View cookies Guidance Crown Development Applications Information on Crown Development Applications (applications under sections 293D and 293E of the Town and Country Planning Act) From: Planning Inspectorate Published 1 May 2025 25 September 2025 See all updates Applies to England Overview Crown Development applications for planning permission are made in respect of Crown land. They relate to nationally important development and are made by the appropriate authority (for example, Government Departments) directly to the Secretary of State rather than to the local planning authority who usually decide planning applications. For further information on the meaning of ‘national importance’, please see the Written Ministerial Statement There are two types of Crown Development application: Urgent Crown Development Non-urgent Crown Development Applications for urgent Crown Development are made to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. For further information, please see the Planning Practice Guidance. Applications for non-urgent Crown Development are made to the Planning Inspectorate. This guidance page covers non-urgent Crown Development. Consultation Once the Planning Inspectorate receive a Crown Development application, we will check that the application has been submitted correctly. If we are satisfied that the application has been submitted correctly, we will begin a consultation process. At this stage, anyone may submit comments about the application. All comments should be submitted on the Find a Crown Development Application service . The service provides further information on submitting comments and the details and key information on individual applications. Procedure Once the consultation stage ends, the Planning Inspectorate will decide whether the application should follow the written representations, hearing or inquiry procedure. The Decision Once a decision is made, it will be published on the Find a Crown Development Application service Further Information The Crown development process is explained in detail in the Crown Development Procedural Guidance For definitions of the words we use, go to our Words we use to talk about Crown Development applications guidance Updates to this page Published 1 May 2025 show all updates 25 September 2025 Link to 'definitions of the words we use' new guide added to this page. 1 May 2025 First published. Sign up for emails or print this page Contents Is this page useful? Maybe Thank you for your feedback Help us improve GOV.UK To help us improve GOV.UK, we’d like to know more about your visit today. Please fill in this survey (opens in a new tab