Issue - meetings

To endorse and agree to submit the Council’s response to the Department of Communities and Local Government consultation on increasing Permitted Development Rights.

(Report attached)

RESOLVED that

the response at Appendix 2 to Communities and Local Government regarding the consultation document ‘Improving Permitted Development’ be endorsed and submitted.

Members considered the suggested Council response to the CLG consultation ‘Improving Permitted Development’ as compiled by Officers.

Officers had detailed a number of concerns in their response to this consultation for reasons including a lack of clarity and the difficulty of enforcing what was proposed. It was suggested that the implications of the proposals contained within the consultation paper would be greater for communities with a greater proportion of older buildings. A possible reduction in the level of consultation with those affected by permitted developments was highlighted as a further cause for concern.

RESOLVED that

the response at Appendix 2 to Communities and Local Government regarding the consultation document ‘Improving Permitted Development’ be endorsed and submitted.