Our online forms, contact centre and online planning search facility are currently unavailable following the discovery of a critical security vulnerability in PHP, software used by many websites.

Our online forms, contact centre and online planning search facility are currently unavailable following the discovery of a critical security vulnerability in PHP, software used by many websites.

The vulnerability was made public on 21 October. A fix has been released, and it must be installed and tested before the affected services can safely return. We are working with our third-party supplier to restore normal service and will provide further updates when available.

If you wish to contact us in the meantime, please use this Contact Us form.

We apologise for any disruption caused.

Published: 22nd October 2026