The Planning Applications Service:



This Article tells you about the standard of service we aim to provide best services when dealing with planning applications. Town Planning are the disciplines of land use planning that explore a very wide range of aspects of the built and social environments of urbanized municipalities and communities. Other professions deal in more detail with a smaller applications of New Housing namely planning, landscape architecture and Planning Applications, Town Planning Regional planning deals with a still larger environment, at a less detailed level.

OUR SERVICE AIMS :

The Planning Management Service deals with applications for the provision of new

Buildings, or the change of use of land or existing buildings. It is a statutorily regulated

service that aims to make the best decision on each application in accordance, In dealing with applications, we take into account a proposal's impact on the environment and on the interests of the community. It is also necessary to balance the needs of the applicant against the possible effect that a development might have on neighbors and other people living or working nearby.

The system helps to match the community's need for uses of land and buildings such as homes, shops, offices, factories and schools, with the need to protect and improve the environment. We try to balance the conservation of both the built and the natural environment with the provision of development that is necessary for economic prosperity or social need. We also try to make sure, on your behalf, that new development is environmentally sustainable. This means that it meets our present needs without affecting the ability of future generations to meet theirs.

The beneficiaries of the service are the public at large, but the prime consumers of the

service are applicants for planning permission. The service must respond to the reasonable expectations of both these groups and must also be in tune with the expectations of Councilors. We believe that our service should be accessible to all, in

accordance with the Council's approach to equal opportunities:

? For applicants: the service should be understandable, fair, timely and user friendly.

? For the public: the service should be understandable, fair, accessible and responsive.

We believe you have a right to know what you can expect to receive and so in this guide

we have set out the details of our key planning application services and the standards we

aim to achieve . While the basic aim of permitted development rights is to exclude relatively minor development proposals from planning controls, the scope of these rights are, and can be controlled by the following measures: These rights are more restrictive in the case of Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas, National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

The most commonly used permitted development rights relate to New Housing. The GPDO permits householders to undertake alterations, minor extensions as well as erect buildings and structures within the curtilage of a property, without planning permission.

The current schedule is divided into 33 parts, Each part relates to a particular category of development. For further information on the please email info@michaelwilliamsplanning.com

Permitted development rights on properties of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Orde