We all want our area to thrive and grow, but we also need to plan carefully and in the best interests of local people. We are here to advise on your project, deal with Planning and Building Regulation applications and to let you know what others are planning in your community.
Development Services is comprised of Building Control, Development Management (two different teams), Planning Enforcement & Trees and Development Support. The Development Services Manager is Robert Fallon. A brief description of the activities of each service area is outlined below.
Our Building Control Team offers a quality building control service aimed at helping customers achieve building regulation compliance in design and construction. We provide advice with the application process, design checks and plans approval and offer a speedy and convenient site inspection regime which can be tailored to your needs. Building Control also deal with matters relating to dangerous structures, demolitions and street naming and numbering.
The Building Control pages contain information on whether building regulations consent is required together with forms, fees and general guidance.
Building Control and Regulations information
Development Management deals with permitted development queries, pre-application planning advice, planning applications and planning appeals etc.
Development Management is comprised of two teams;- the District-Wide Development Team and the Major Projects Team.
The District-Wide Development Team, as its name suggests, covers the whole of the district and deals with the majority of applications (major, minor and other), S106 planning obligations, appeals and enquiries submitted to the Council. The Development Management Team Leader is Clare O'Hanlon.
The Major Projects Team deals with the large-scale major applications, S106 planning obligations, appeals and enquiries submitted to the Council. The Development Management Team Leader is Angela Whitfield.
The Development Services pages also contain householder advice forms, facilities to search for planning applications and their details, the facility to make comments on planning applications, and lists of applications and decisions. We've also created a straight forward guide to the planning process for you for covering everything from submiting your application through to getting a decision.
More information can be found under : "How to" guide to planning permission also try the Online Planning area for lots of useful services.
Planning Enforcement & Trees covers all breaches of planning control and general queries/pre-application advice relating to tree preservation orders, trees within conservation areas and hedgerow notices. The Planning Enforcement & Trees Team Leader is Patrick Burke.
Development Support provides technical assistance to the professional service areas outlined above. It also operates the Development Services reception which is there to help with Planning and Building Control related questions.
We can help you find plans and documents for both old and new planning applications and give you access you the Councils Online servcies via public computers. The public computers can be used to help with Land Charge searches, planning history information and to access the planning application registers. Technical Support Officers are on hand to assist you and find the information you need.
Both free and chargeable documents produced by Development Services and the Strategic Policy Division can be obtained from the Development Services reception. A number of these documents are provided 'online' for you to download from the planning document library.
More information can be found under : Development Services contacts and links