| - | All Major codes | Includes all MAJ/* codes. |
| - | All Minor codes | Includes all M/* codes. |
| MAJ/1 | Major Residential | 10 or more dwellings or 0.5 hectares (1.23 acres) of land. |
| MAJ/2 | Major Offices | Offices of 1,000m2 or more (35,300 sq ft) floor space or 1.0 hectares (2.47 acres) of site area |
| MAJ/3 | Major Manufacturing / Storage | Manufacturing, storage and warehousing of 1,000m2 or more or site area of 1.0 hectares or more |
| MAJ/4 | Major Retail | Retail Distribution and servicing of 1,000m2 or more or site area of 1.0 hectares or more |
| MAJ/5 | Major Other | All other major development where floor space is 1,000m2 or more or site area is 1.0 hectares or more |
| M/1 | Minor Residential | Less than 10 dwellings |
| M/2 | Minor Offices | Offices less than 1,000m2 floor area (35,000 sq ft) (includes portakabins as offices |
| M/3 | Minor Manufacturing / Storage | Manufacturing, storage and warehousing less than 1,000m2 floor area |
| M/4 | Minor Retail | Retail Distribution and servicing less than 1,000m2 floor area |
| M/5 | Minor Other | All other minor development |
| PNA | Prior Notification for Agriculture | Prior Notification for Agriculture |
| PND | Prior Notification for Demolition | Prior Notification for Demolition |
| PNT | Prior Notification for Telephony | Prior Notification for Telephony |
| OTH | Other | Includes established use certificates, section 53 determinations. certificates of appropriate alternative development, circular 18/84, Eastern Electricity Consultations (overhead electric lines - circ 34/76) |
| LB(DEM) | Listed Building Consent to Demolish | Listed Building Consent to Demolish |
| LB(A/E) | Listed Building Consent to alter / Extend | Listed Building Consent to Alter / Extend |
| H/D | Household Development | Household Development |
| DPD | Deemed Permission District | Applications for deemed permission by District Council |
| CM | County Matters | County Matters |
| CAC | Conservation Area Consent | Conservation Area Consent |
| C/U | Change of Use | Change of use where no building or engineering work is involved or where building or engineering work would constitute permitted development. Includes siting of caravans / mobile homes |
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