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Planning Application Guide
What happens once my Application is received by the Council.
Initial Validity Checks Upon receiving your planning application it will be checked to see if the forms have been correctly completed, dated and signed, the required plans have been provided and the fee is correct.
If the application is not correct in any way you or your agent will be noti ed and asked to provide the correct information, this will result in a delay to the registration of your application.
Once the Council are satis ed the application is correct it will be validated and a letter con rming this will be issued, this letter will state the statutory determination date which in most instances is 8 weeks from the validation date but in the case of larger proposals can be 13 or 16 weeks. If an application cannot be dealt with within the period stated in this letter the Council should write and seek an extension of the determination period to a fresh date, giving in that communication the reason for the additional period being required. If you do not agree to the period for reaching a decision being extended you can appeal to the Planning Inspectorate on grounds of non-determination, if you agree to the request to extend the period this right is removed.
Your application is assigned to a case o cer whose contact details will normally appear on the acknowledgement letter. You or your agent can check on your application progress either by viewing the documentation online or by contacting the planning o cer assigned to your case.
Publicity and Consultations Requirements for Planning Applications
Once the local planning authority has accepted your application as valid it will
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publicise the proposal (using methods such as its website, site notices and notifying neighbours and parish councils) so that people have a chance to express their views. The speci c publicity requirements will depend on the type of application.
The formal consultation period will normally last for 21 days. Anyone may comment on a planning application during this period and details of how to do so will be available from the local planning authority.
Written comments will be taken into account when the local planning authority makes a decision on the application, so long as they raise considerations which are relevant to the proposal and ‘material’ to planning.
Whilst the statutory requirement is that only certain types of development should receive full publicity, the Council ensure that the maximum publicity is given to all applications. The Council will therefore take all or some of the following action to publicise planning applications.
• Newspaper Advertisements: New applications within a Conservation Area, relating to listed buildings and a ecting a public right of way will be advertised weekly in the Local Press. The list will give the date by which comments should be received.
• Neighbour Noti cation Letter: Some Councils have a policy of notifying neighbouring properties of the submission of an application. Noti cations are sent to the occupier of a property according to the allocating o cer’s assessment of who may be a ected by the development. Further noti cation may be carried out following the case o cer’s visit.