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Planning - Planning Application Validation Requirements; Revised Validation Checklist

Meeting: 19/05/2022 - South Somerset District Council (Item 12)

12 Planning - Planning Application Validation Requirements; Revised Validation Checklist PDF 375 KB

Additional documents:

12 Planning Validation Appendix 1 Validation checklist final v 1.2 2022 02, item 12 PDF 2 MB
12 Planning Validation Appendix 2 - equalities impact relevance check form, item 12 PDF 432 KB

Decision:

RESOLVED:	That Council agreed:-
	(i).	toadopt the revised Planning Application Validation Requirements document and revised Planning Checklist.
	(ii)	to delegate any final amendments to the Director for Service Delivery following closure of the consultation on 20 May 2022.
Reason:	To confirm the proposed changes to the established Planning Application Validation Guide and Checklist introduced by the Council in July 2020 following public consultation upon the changes proposed.

(Voting: 36 in favour, 0 against, 1 abstention)

Minutes:

The Portfolio Holder for Protecting Core Services advised that the Planning Application Validation Requirements document and revised Planning Checklist had been introduced to assist all planning applicants to submit the correct documentation and would help to speed up the determination process. He proposed that the recommendation be agreed and this was seconded by Councillor Martin Wale.

In response to a question, the Lead Specialist for Built Environment said the intention of the checklist was to reduce the need to request additional information from applicants and to ensure they submitted the correct documentation with their applications. Previously, some required documents were not adding value to an application and the revised planning checklist included documents which did add value to applications like information on phosphate mitigation.

The Portfolio Holder for Protecting Core Services said that although there was a charge for pre-application advice which assisted applicants with their applications, there was no requirement for applicants to use the service.

The recommendations, having been proposed and seconded were confirmed by 36 in favour with one abstention.

RESOLVED:	That Council agreed:-
	(i).	toadopt the revised Planning Application Validation Requirements document and revised Planning Checklist.
	(ii)	to delegate any final amendments to the Director for Service Delivery following closure of the consultation on 20 May 2022.
Reason:	To confirm the proposed changes to the established Planning Application Validation Guide and Checklist introduced by the Council in July 2020 following public consultation upon the changes proposed.