| Administrative History | The Northern and Southern Planning committees exercise the Council’s functions relating to town & country planning & development control, the protection of important hedgerows, the preservation of trees and the regulation of high hedges, set out in the Local Authorities (Functions & Responsibilities)(England) Regulations 2000.
Some applications have been reserved to the Strategic Planning Board and others are delegated on to the Head of Policy & Planning. The following are retained for the Planning Committees:
Applications for Small Scale Major Development, defined from time to time by DCLG. Currently this includes residential developments of 10-199 dwellings or between 0.5 and 4ha and retail or commercial/industrial or other floorspace of between 1,000 -9,999 square metres or between 1ha – 2 ha.
The Northern and Southern Planning committees determine any other planning & development control matters:
- Advertised as a departure from policy, which the Head of Planning & Policy is minded to approve.
- Submitted by a councillor, senior Council officer (tier 2 or above) or a member of staff employed within the Development Management and Policy service area; or by an immediate family member or partner of these.
- Involving the Council either as applicant or land owner. Unless the Head of Planning & Policy identifies some significant factor, this category will not normally include minor developments which accord with planning policy and to which no objection has been made
- Referred up to them by a councillor in accordance with the Committees` call-in procedure.
- Referred up to them at the discretion of the Head of Planning & Policy.
The Committees will refer up to the Strategic Planning Board matters involving a significant departure from policy which they are minded to approve. |