Checklist: Preparing To Take A Planning Application To Committee.
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Hesitantly, I offer this checklist because the subject matter is often deeply sensitive: there's so much at stake during the meeting and the build up to it may well have been fraught. Indeed, this blog entry is a pen-portrait of a recent Planning Committee Meeting in my area
All the more need for a rational, carefully structured checklist, therefore.
This list appeared originally on the ill-fated ebuild site. Each comment was referenced to multiple threads, thus adding greatly to its validity. This list is offered as a help to those who are considering going to Committee to make their case. I am almost sure that -since many of the ebuilders are now here at buildhub- that any questions you may have about this checklist will be answered promptly.
- List the facts, assemble the evidence. (Basic procedure for problem solving)
- Councillors may ask for applications to be called
- The process in a nutshell
- Scottish Regulations differ to those in England
- Dig out the NPPF read it, which paragraphs refer to your case?
- The value of an accurate drawing
- Conservation Area?
- Other local decisions
- Scale model
- Size matters, (footprint) but you need evidence
- Micro-politics: architects - planners - county councillors - parish councillors - neighbours; strategy for dealing with each
- Is needing to Appeal so bad?
- Going to Committe or Going to Appeal
- Manage your Planning Consultant
- Check the fees situation in relation withdrawn applications
- What is a withdrawal?
- You may withdraw DURING a meeting
- Manage your emotions: don't show people how upset you are
- What to say and how to say it
- If you're worried about that, employ a professional to present for you.
- Going to Appeal needn't be as bad as it may sound
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