Transport Contributions
At the Council meeting on Tuesday 9th June 2009, it was resolved
that we will no longer collect a contribution towards transport
infrastructure from residential extensions. This means any
application determined from 10th June onwards will not be required
to pay the contribution. Anyone who has already paid will not
get a refund.
If you require any further information please contact our
Planning Policy team on; 01929 557322.
Changes to the 'Householder Appeals
Service'.
As from 6th April 2009, there have been some changes to the
'Householder Appeals Service'. Please use the follwoing link
to view more information as announced by the Planning
Inspectorate;
Link to Planning Inspectorate website;
View changes to the 'Householder Appeals Service'
Changes to Development Control
Charges
As from 1st April 2009, please be aware
that there will be some amendments to some of our
charges. Please see below;
Permitted development
enquiry £75
Minor amendment to approved
scheme £95
Site planning history (single
site) £130
+ VAT
Pre-application small site
(written) £65
+ VAT
Pre-application large site
(written) £130
+ VAT
Pre-application (meeting) per project and per
officer £55 + VAT
Travelling (pre-application site
meeting)
£30 + VAT
Changes to the 'Householder Appeals
Service'.
Please note that as from 6th April 2009, there will be changes
to the 'Householder Appeals Service'.
As soon as more information on this is available from the
'Planning Portal' website we will update this text and add a
link.
Alaska Windfarm planning
application formally withdrawn.
The planning application for the six wind turbines has been
formally withdrawn by the applicants. They indicate that a revised
planning application for only 4 turbines is likely to be submitted
towards the end of February 2009. If this is the case, upon
receipt of the application, notification letters and emails will be
sent out as previously, seeking comment.
Changes to the General Permitted
Development Order (GPDO)
Please be aware that as from the 1st October 2008, there
have been some amendments to the 'General Permitted Development
Order' (GPDO). For more information on 'Permitted
Development' please use the following link to view the
'Interactive
Visual Guide' on the Planning Portal;
Link
to Planning Portal Interactive Visual Guide on Permitted
Development
Temporary Suspension of Pre
Application Advice - Until end of March 2009
Due to a backlog in planning application work bought about by
vacancies at Senior Planning Officer level it has been decided,
after consultation with the Chairman of the Planning Board and the
Head of Planning Services, to suspend our pre-application advice
service until the end of March 2009. I know this will
cause you some inconvenience, however I hope that this short
suspension of this service will ensure that the development control
service as a whole will have more capacity to deal with these
enquiries in the future.
Staff will continue to offer a service for enquiries from
householders for purely householder “permitted development” when
submitted on the correct form, and subject to the correct fees
having been paid in advance. We will also continue to deal
with applications from Registered Social Landlords for developments
which are exclusively for affordable housing within the District
and enquiries from parish councils.
Changes to Development &
Building Control Fees & Charges
As from 1st April 2008, please be aware
that there will be some amendments to some of our
charges.
Below you will find details of the new
charges;
Permitted development
enquiry £75
Minor amendment to approved
scheme £90
Site planning history (single
site)
£125
Pre-application small site
(written) £63
+ VAT
Pre-application large site
(written) £125
+ VAT
Pre-application (meeting) per project and per
officer £52 + VAT
Travelling (pre-application site
meeting)
£26 + VAT
Please use the following link to view the changes to
Building Control fees as from 1st April 2008:
New
Building Control Fees
Major Change To
The Planning System
Validating Planning
Applications
As from October 2007, the government
intends to amend the Town and Country Planning (General Development
Procedure) Order 1995, and to introduce a standard planning
application form and associated guidance. The changes to the
GDPO will specify the documentation and supporting
information required for a valid application to be
registered.
For more information, please view
the following document entitled 'Validation of Planning
Applications'.
Links:
View information about Permitted
Development
View more information about our
pre-application advice charges
Changes to the Development
Control System
Important changes to the system of development
control were introduced in August 2006 which affect all local
planning authorities, and most people submitting planning
applications.
With effect from 10th August 2006
almost all planning application and listed building application
when submitted to the local planning authority, must be accompanied
by a Design and Access Statement. In the absence of a
satisfactory statement the application will not be a valid
application and cannot be registered The only applications
exempt from these new provisions are:
- changes in the use of land or buildings ,
unless involving operational development.
- engineering or mining operations.
- development of an existing dwellinghouse or
curtilage development incidental to the dwelling house, unless it
is in a conservation area, the AONB, or World Heritage site, when a
Statement will be required.
The form and content of a Statement will vary
with the nature and complexity of the proposals. There is
however now likely to be a significant input required at planning
application submission stage for the Access element of the
Statement, arising in particular from the requirements of Part M of
the Building Regulations.
Further guidance on Design and Access
Statements can be found in Department for Communities and
Local Government Circular 01/2006, view at http://www.opsi.gov.uk/,
http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/,
or view at Planning Reception, Westport House. There is also
detailed advice in ‘Design and Access Statements’ published by the
Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment ( CABE )
http://www.cabe.org.uk/, ‘Access
Statements’ by the Disability Rights Commission, ‘Safer
Places – the Planning System and Crime Prevention’ and ‘Planning
for Access and Disabled People’ published by ODPM ( now Department
for Communities and Local Government)
Also now in force ( effective from
7th June 2006) is the removal of Crown exemption from
planning control. From this date all Crown estates, mainly
the Defence establishments in Purbeck, will be required to submit
planning applications for their development to the local planning
authority. There are in addition a number of new provisions for a
range of ‘permitted development’ for the Crown estates i.e.
development which will not require the submission and determination
of a planning application.
Alan Davies
Development Control Manager
1st November 2008
For more information please contact the planning department on
01929 557270 or for more specific contact details, please use the
following link to view our 'Who to Contact page.
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