| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Planning application notices | |
| Posted by: | Adam Beamish | |
| Date/Time: | 13/07/20 11:08:00 |
| Bravo Jim ! - you've summed the position perfectly !. Essentially the only considerations the LPA can have regard to when determining the prior approval application are siting and appearance considerations, which you'd think are sufficient strong grounds for prior approval being refused, but to do so the LPA would be need to demonstrate actual harm. I suspect there must be a covering letter or such like with the application, as the application forms refers to "site specific supplementary information", but reviewing the various documents uploaded to the website none of those appear to cover consultation with the landowner, neighbouring properties and so forth. Which is worth raising to the LPA as I sometimes find that LPA's in error do not upload every document to their websites (which even as an agent annoys me). Of course siting and appearance concerns are wholly subjective but equally that gives residents an opportunity to object as such grounds aren't technical, as long as those residents do not 'taint' their otherwise credible objections by going off on one about health concerns and such like. Turning to Raymond's post, I see enough applications submitted which are very poor in terms of both their quality and substance, and LPA's will and do refuse such applications, only for the applicant to then come back with another application which effectively makes a proper job of the submission. FWIW, and as I often say to people remember I am a human being with my own personal views regardless of my profession/career, whilst many areas of planning are complex, to me that has to come with the territory. Additionally, I don't believe the current system doesn't give third parties the chance to have their say or influence decisions. Indeed, when I attend planning committees all over the country what I often see is some Members "playing to the public gallery", i.e. voting against an application just to keep their constituents happy, and of course if the horrible independent Inspector comes along and allows the appeal then that Member can also say they did their bit for the residents. Often objectors come up to me and say "you don't care, you don't live next door". Which is true, but I do live somewhere, so equally I have to deal with things around me that I personally don't like or would prefer to be elsewhere. And unfortunately, very few of us can always have what we want around us, or for the status quo to never change. |