PLANNING
DEVELOPMENT
CONTROL
Suffolk Coastal District Council formally consults
the Parish Council on all planning applications within the
parishes, much of which is within the Area of Outstanding Natural
Beauty.
The Parish Council is given 21 days in which to respond: the
timing starting from the date on the District Council notification
letter. The District Council also notifies some of the immediate
neighbours.
The Parish Council felt there was a weakness in this
arrangement as often not all neighbours affected by a development
were notified by the District Council.
To strengthen this, the Parish Council devised its own more
thorough arrangement.
Once a planning application is received:
- A Parish Councillor from the Planning Committee [5 Councillors]
is identified as the ‘Lead Councillor’.
- It is his/her task to identify all those likely to be directly
affected by the proposed development, and personally seek their
opinions, along with those of the applicant.
- All are also personally notified of the arrangements for the
meeting of the Parish Council Planning Committee.
- Public notices of the arrangements for the Parish Planning
Committee Meeting are displayed as early as possible, usually
giving much more than the minimum 3 days notice.
Each meeting of the Parish Council Planning Committee is held in
public. Immediately before the planning meeting is convened, all
residents present are given the opportunity to state their views,
which can range from the immediate impact, to the wider effect, or
the setting of precedents.
Once the decision is reached, it is notified to the Suffolk
District Council within the 21-day deadline.
Parish Planning Committee Members:
D. Long, D. Pryke, I. Angus, Mrs R. Payce, N.
Hopkins