Due to a scheduled upgrade of our systems, planning applications will not be available to view online from 29 to 31 March 2021. We apologise for any inconvenience.
Due to a scheduled upgrade of our systems, planning applications will not be available to view online from 29 to 31 March 2021. We apologise for any inconvenience.
We encourage the local community to get involved and have their say in what goes on in their local community, and this includes local planning applications and developments.
If you want to have your say on a planning application currently under review with us, you can leave a formal comment in our online portal.
Before sending any comments, we recommend you read our privacy statement which explains how we protect your personal data, as well as the terms and conditions for using the comment feature online.
When you make a comment, you can ask to receive an email to confirm that we’ve received your comment.
For longer comments, we advise that you first write this in another application, such as Word, and paste it into our system. This will prevent you from losing your comment if our system times out.
Please make sure you make your comments before the closing date for the application.
To find the date:
If your comments are submitted after the deadline, we will try to take these into account when making our decision, as long as they are received at least two working days before the decision is made.
We will only consider comments that relate to planning issues such as:
We will not consider such issues as:
We do not consider comments that are racist, sexist, homophobic, defamatory or offensive. If you see find an offensive comment, you can report it to us using our online form.
Online comments will appear immediately. Comments sent by post can take up to two weeks to appear online.
We don’t respond to individual comments.
When applications are due to be discussed at our planning committee, we will update the online planning application to let you know. You can ask to speak at the meeting.
Please note, we are not legally obliged to post comments submitted to us on our website. We reserve the right to decide what to display and when. Comments sent to us will be considered even if we have not published it on the website.
If you decide to send your comment by post, it will take longer to process and appear on our website. Comments sent by any other method without prior agreement, including by email, will not be considered.