| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Moronic decision of the planning committee | |
| Posted by: | Adam Beamish | |
| Date/Time: | 21/06/12 08:17:00 |
| As Asif says, the only challenge would be by way of making an application to the courts seeking a judicial review of the decision to grant the application. No third party right of appeal exists, so not a matter which can be appealed to the Planning Inspectorate. Nothing unusual about a Council determining applications relating to land it owns, all perfectly legal and commonplace, because, quite simply the planning legislation requires every application to be determined having regard to relevant development plans and all other material planning considerations. Inevitably organisations like Councils have a plethora of different 'arms' which can't always work in tandem with one another. I would concur however that generally planning is in a rather strange place at the moment. As I harp on frequently, national government seems to be trying to put pressure on local government to deal with everything, whilst at the same time cutting resources etc. Ultimately as a consequence I find that generally the level of service I receive from Councils to be rather poor. Personally speaking, I can't say the adverts bother me one way or the other, even though I'll be able to see at least a couple of them from where I live. The decision does however bemuse me given the background of the Council generally being very resistant to advertising within the M4 corridor. |