Action - Planning Dept

Borough Planning Department

When planning applications are made you can write to the borough planning department to express your views. Comments from residents are included in the planning officers report that is presented to councillors for their decision at planning meetings.

It is important to be as specific as possible about any objections.

You MUST include the application reference number at the top of your letter.

Proposals can only be rejected for specific planning reasons.

It is very useful to send a copy of your letter to the councillors on the planning committee too, so they can hear your views directly. Letters are normally summarised as a series of bullet points in the officers report.

Don't assume that someone else will write. If nobody responds then it must be assumed that residents have no problems with a planning application. Every letter counts.