Purpose

To seek approval to make procedural changes as
a result of the introduction of one Uniform and in accordance with
the adopted Statement of Community Involvement.

Decision

i) To replace direct Neighbour Notification
with the use of site notices (and press notice as required) in
those legacy areas where it remains

ii) To make changes to representor notification as set out in
section 4 of the report

Note: At the meeting it was advised that a revision was being
proposed to Section 4 of the report (para 4.2) to the effect that
respondents would receive and automatic response if they responded
via public access or via email.

Reasons for the decision

To align and standardise our planning
application processing to ensure the effective implementation of
One Uniform and provide the same level of service across the
Council area.

Alternative options considered

Retain Neighbour Notification in some
locations – This option is not supported as it would retain
the existing disparate processes carried out and would not offer a
consistent service to the public.

Carry out Neighbour Notification in all locations – This
option is not supported as it would increase costs due to the time
required to identify, produce and distribute letters, and other
methods of public engagement are already successfully utilised in
several of our legacy areas. There is no legal requirement to
undertake direct Neighbour Notification.

Not to make the changes to representor notification – This
option is not supported as it would retain the existing disparate
processes and would not offer consistency to the public.