Meeting Information
From 7 May
2021, the law requires all councils to hold formal meetings in
person. The Council will enable all people to continue to
participate in meetings via Zoom.
If you want
to ask a question or speak, email your full name to Committee@middevon.gov.uk by no
later than 4pm on the day before the
meeting. This will
ensure that your name is on the list to speak and will help us
ensure that you are not missed –Notification in this way will
also ensure that the meeting runs as smoothly as possible.
The Planning Committee exercises functions on
behalf of the Council relating to:
Planning and Conservation
functions relating to town and country planning
development control and all matters concerning
trees; and
To confirm and consider changes
to the existing Scheme of Delegation to the Director of Place
Public Question Time is available at
the beginning of the meeting for those present to ask questions
about any item on the agenda, or to speak briefly by way of
background or introduction to those questions, including planning
applications.
All meetings of the Planning Committee are open to
the public. You can attend in person or remotely. You are asked to
inform the Committee Clerk by 4pm the day before the meeting if you
will be attending via committee@middevon.gov.uk and advise how
you will be attending. If you intend to speak at the meeting you
must provide the detail of which application you wish to speak to
and in which capacity.
In accordance with Council Procedure Rule 11.1
only:
(d) Residents, electors or business rate payers of
the District shall be entitled to ask questions
Questioners may be requested to submit evidence of
the above.
All questions are to be submitted to the Committee
clerk by 4pm the day before the meeting. Questions not submitted in
advance will not be permitted.
Questions may be rejected if:
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They do
not refer to material planning considerations
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They
contain any defamatory statements
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They
contain reference to any new information not previously submitted
as part of the planning process
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They are
duplicate questions already submitted
Any late information
to be tabled at Planning Committee including photographs must be
submitted to the Committee Clerk no later than 12pm the Friday
before a Planning Committee is due to take place or it will not be
considered at the meeting.
Further detailed
procedures for those attending the Planning Committee are available
via the following link:
Planning Committee Procedure 2022