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The Planning Committee
Village Design Statement
by Brian Giles, Chairman
The Parish Council's Planning Committee is made up by an elected Chairman and Vice Chairman, and consists of all but one of the members of the entire Parish Council. The Committee is responsible for reviewing all Planning and Tree Applications from within the Parish, received by the District Council's Planning Department.
The Committee's findings, classified as 'observations', are reached following a structured but open debate, concluded by a democratic vote. The results are formally passed to the District Council's Panning Department in the form of an Observation of Support, or Object, or Strongly Object, or No Comment. If the District Council's Planning Officers disagree with the Parish Council's observations, then the Planning Application has to be referred to the District Council's Development Control Committee, which consists of representatives from all political affiliations.
When taking up their term of office, all new members of the Parish Council's Planning Committee, were given an induction package, to assist them in understanding of their new responsibilities in this field of activity.
The first responsibility, was to understand that they are to represent the views of the community and to ensure that the proposed Application is not going to be detrimental to the site in question and its immediate surroundings. In this respect the Parish Council encourage members of the public to attend the meetings of the Planning Committee to have their say and listen to the deliberations of the committee. Secondly, that the adopted Village Design Statement is complied with as far as practical.
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