The Development Control Committee deals with
applications for planning permission, listed building and
advertisment consent, and works to protected trees. This includes
applications within Conservation Areas.
Register to
Speak
Our meetings are
currently operating in a different way due to the COVID19
pandemic. All meetings are being held
remotely via video conference. All
meetings will be live-streamed on the Council's Youtube
Channel. If you wish to speak at
the meeting, you should register in the usual way, and you will be
invited to address the meeting via video conference or telephone,
or you will be able to submit comments in writing, and these will
be read out to participants.
If you wish to have your say at a
Development Control meeting you can register via the online agenda,
by clicking underneath the relevant agenda item, or complete and
return a Register to Speak form (available from the Contact Centre,
Town Hall Reception or download
here).
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Your form must be received no later than 5.00 pm three days before the day of
the meeting.
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The notice must include a summary of the points to
be raised.
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A person who has given the required notice on any
matter within the remit of the Committee will normally be heard at
the beginning of the meeting (after the signing of the Minutes of
the previous meeting) or at the discretion of the Chair,
immediately prior to the discussion of the item on which the
representation is being made.
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If the agenda item is listed for consideration
after the exclusion of the public the person will be heard at an
appropriate point in the public part of the meeting at the
discretion of the Chair.
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A person making representations will be allowed to
speak for no more than 5 minutes. Where
there is more than one speaker on the same issue the chair may, in
the interests of the efficient conduct of the meeting, restrict
those speaking to either:
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one speaker for and one speaker against a proposal
OR allocate a reduced period of time so that not more than 10
minutes is taken up by speakers on that issue.
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If the number of requests to make representations
on a number of issues is so large that the business of the meeting
is not likely to be completed in the time available, the Chair may
restrict the total time available for representations to not more
than 30 minutes.
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Please ensure that you arrive before the beginning
of the meeting.