Planning Parish Forum

10 December 2009

The third Planning Parish Forum meeting took place on Thursday 10 December 2009.

10 December 2009 Agenda
10 December 2009 Minutes
A briefing note was provided that also included items left at the end of 23 July 2009 meeting.

James Fisher, our S106 Officer was available during registration to answer questions on the S106 Guidance and S106 Update.

Presentations

Responding to Planning Applications

This short presentation reminds Parish Councils how they can make their responses to planning applications more effective. Help is already provided in the Parish Planning Pack which Parish Councils have been provided with and which can also be found on the Council's website. The presentation considers relevant and irrelevant matters and the importance of suggesting conditions in the event that planning permission is granted. It concludes by giving examples of good and poor practice and offers an opportunity for parish councils to suggest improvements to the the existing consultation process.

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Listed Building Supplementary Planning Document

Stacey Weiser-Jones, Historic Building Officer presented the Listed Building SPD. (This link will open in a new window) It is an introduction to the document, how it came to be, information on listed buildings and key points to consider when reviewing a proposal.

The aim of the SPD is to provide additional advice on developments affecting Listed Buildings and expand on the approach set out in Development Control Policies.

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Biodiversity Supplementary Planning Document

Rob Mungovan, Ecology Officer, presented a refined look at the Biodiversity SPD (This link will open in a new window). The presentation focussed on the local requirements to accompany planning applications particularly consideration of Priority Species and Habitats, Designated Sites and Tables 1 & 2 of the SPD.

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If you have any queries about the Planning Parish Forum, would like to raise any questions, or submit your feedback, please email cerise.bradford@scambs.gov.uk. Please ensure you provide your contact details to enable us to deal with your enquiry.