Terms of
reference
Definitions used in these terms of reference
2.1 The term ‘Ward
Member’ means a councillor representing the electoral ward in
which the site in issue is located.
2.2 The term
‘Neighbouring Ward Member’ means a councillor
representing an electoral ward which shares a boundary with the
electoral ward in which the site in issue is located.
2.3 The term ‘Other Town
and Country Planning Application’ refers to an application
relating to any of the following: reserved matters approval; works
involving a statutory listed building; advertisement consent; prior
approval where a grant thereof is required.
Remit
2.4 To hear pre-application
presentations by applicants and for Members of the Committee to ask
questions and highlight issues that may require further
consideration by the developer. No voting will take place in
relation to such presentations and there will be no provision for
people to register to speak in relation to such
presentations.
2.5 To determine the
following:
2.5.1 Applications for planning
permission, other than applications made under Section 73 of the
Town and Country Planning Act 1990, which are recommended for
approval where the application includes any of the
following:
a. the provision of dwelling
houses where:
i.
the number of dwelling houses to be provided is 10 or more;
or,
ii.
the development is to be carried out on a site having an area of
0.5 hectare or more; or,
b. the construction or
alteration of a building or buildings where the floorspace
(measured by gross internal area) to be provided is 1,000 square
metres or more, or a change of use of land and/or a
building/buildings amounting to 1,000 square metres or more;
or
c. development to be carried
out on a site having an area of one hectare or more.
2.5.2 Applications for planning
permission made under Section 73 of the Town and Country Planning
Act 1990, which are recommended for approval where the application
includes any of the following:
a. the provision of dwelling
houses where:
i.
the number of dwelling houses to be provided is 10 or more;
or,
ii.
the development is to be carried out on a site having an area of
0.5 hectare or more; or,
b. the construction or
alteration of a building or buildings where the floorspace
(measured by gross internal area) to be provided is 1,000 square
metres or more, or a change of use of land and/or a
building/buildings amounting to 1,000 square metres or more;
or
c. development to be carried
out on a site having an area of one hectare or more;
but only if a written request
is made by a Member of the Committee or Ward Member for the
Committee to determine the application and such request is agreed
to by the Chair of the Committee in consultation with the Director
- Planning, Transport and Sustainability.
2.5.3 Applications for planning
permission which are recommended for approval where an objection to
the application has been received which is based on material
planning grounds, save for applications which in the opinion of the
Director - Planning, Transport and Sustainability, clearly comply
with relevant planning policies and/or can be overcome by scheme
amendment and/or by the use of condition(s) and/or planning
obligation(s), in which case the application may be determined by
officers.
2.5.4 Applications, or any
proposal for the revocation of a consent or certificate previously
granted or for the taking of enforcement action, which the Director
- Planning, Transport and Sustainability wishes to refer to the
Committee.
2.5.5 Applications where a
written request is made by any Ward Member or Neighbouring Ward
Member for the matter to be determined by the Committee, where such
request is agreed to by the Chair of the Committee in consultation
with the Director - Planning, Transport and
Sustainability.
2.5.6 Applications for planning
permission or Other Town and Country Planning Applications, which
are recommended for approval, where the application is made by the
Council, or by a third party, in relation to land in the
Council’s ownership and in respect of which the Council
intends to grant to a third party any form of right or interest
over that land.
2.5.7 Applications for planning
permission or Other Town and Country Planning Applications, which
are recommended for approval, which have been submitted by or on
behalf of a Member of the Council (or by anyone listed in Part 6,
Chapter C, Section a, Paragraph 2.3 and 2.4 (Officers’ Code
of Conduct)) or by a member of the Council’s staff (or by
anyone listed in Paragraph 2.3 and 2.4 under the Officers’
Code of Conduct).
2.5.8 Applications for planning
permission or Other Town and Country Planning Applications, which
are recommended for approval, which in the opinion of the Director
- Planning Transport and Sustainability involve the total or
substantial demolition of a statutory listed building.
2.5.9 Applications for planning
permission which are recommended for approval for the use of land
as a hot food takeaway (that is, for the sale of hot food where
consumption of that food is mostly undertaken off the
premises).
2.5.10 Applications for
planning permission recommended for approval which, in the opinion
of the Director - Planning, Transport and Sustainability,
constitute a departure from the development plan when read as a
whole.
2.5.11 Authorisation of entry
into, release from or modification of an obligation with a planning
purpose (including obligations under section 106 of the Town and
Country Planning Act 1990 and related powers) where that
obligation, in the opinion of the Director - Planning, Transport
and Sustainability, relates to a type of proposed or existing
development that falls within any of the descriptions at paragraphs
2.2.1(a), (b) or (c) of these Terms of Reference, but only if a
written request is made by a Member of the Committee or Ward Member
for the Committee to determine the matter and such request is
agreed to by the Chair of the Committee in consultation with the
Director - Planning, Transport and Sustainability.
2.5.12 Any matter which the
Committee in the determination of an application resolves to
reserve to itself.
Constitution
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