When it comes to planning applications there are key factors that can help you to influence this complicated process in your favour.
The planning application process is designed to ensure that everyone has a fair opportunity to express their views alongside national, regional and local policy considerations. When development is proposed for housing, shops or new industry, the local council must decide whether or not the development should go ahead.
To be involved in the future of your community, ensuring that the best possible development happens and not the worst, you have to be involved in the right way and at the right stage of planning applications.
Your voice and the voice of the community needs to heard just as loudly as the voice of the development industry. The interests of developers are often put ahead of community interests partly because their case is presented better. However, councils are obliged to take your views into account. Local people have a wealth of knowledge and experience and can bring about better decisions on planning applications.
This document is designed to help you make your views heard in a way that planning officers, councillors planning inspectors are more likely to take notice.
This document applies to England – some variations apply to other parts of the UK.
Using your rights in local planning applications
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