Strategic Planning Committee

The Strategic Planning Committee is responsible for functions relating to town and country planning and development control as specified in Part A of Schedule 1 of the Local Authorities Functions and Responsibilities (England) Regulations 2000 including in relation to strategic applications meeting the thresholds set out below:

-       Large-scale major developments defined (by the Government’s planning application statistical returns) as those of 200 houses or more

-       Commercial developments of 10,000 square metres or more

-       Strategically important developments (as identified by the Assistant Director – Planning and Development in consultation with the Chair of the Committee and the Cabinet Member for Planning). The Strategic Planning Committee is also responsible for:

-       Any application where the Assistant Director – Planning and Development considers it inappropriate to exercise delegated powers having regard to the public representations received and consultee responses.

-       There shall be no referral down of applications from Strategic Planning Committee to the Non-Strategic Planning Committee