Role of Planning Committee A
The
role of Planning Committee A is to consider and
determine
applications for planning permission and other related
consents,
arising
under the Town and Country Planning Act and
associated legislation as set out in Part A of Schedule 1 of
the
Local
Authorities (Functions and Responsibilities)(England)
Regulations 2000 as amended, which have not been
delegated
to
Planning Committee B or to Officers.
Function of Planning Committee A
To
approve or refuse, other than applications and other
related
consents that constitute repeat or variations involving
minor
modifications or non-material amendments applications
for
planning permission and other related consents under
the
appropriate legislation in accordance with the following
criteria :
Outline
planning applications for:
a)
i.
residential development on sites over 1.0
hectare
in area, and;
ii.
non-residential development on sites over 1.5
hectares in area.
iii. 40
dwellings or more.
b)
Full detailed, or reserved matters
applications for:
i. residential
development (including
conversions/changes of use) of 40 dwellings
or
more, and;
ii.
non-residential development, including
extensions and changes of use, of over 3,000
square
metres gross floor space.
c) Any application or proposal which in the opinion
of
the
Director Environment, Transport and Planning
raises
significant strategic or policy issues for the city.
d)
Changes of Use of land of 5.0 hectares or more.
e) Any
application that the Corporate Director Place or
the
Director Environment, Transport and Planning
considers should be presented to the Planning
Committee for decision.
To
determine any non-residential or domestic application
for
which
there is a policy presumption against development in the
Green
Belt if a Ward Councillor for the site of the
application
requests that it should be the subject of consideration by
the
Planning Committee. The request to bring an application to
the
Planning Committee must be made in writing to the
Corporate
Director Place or the Director Environment, Transport
and
Planning within the consultation or reconsultation period and
include
the planning reason(s) for the request.
To
enter into, renew, modify or revoke agreements and
undertakings under Section 106 of the Town and
Country
Planning Act 1990 (as amended) in respect of proposed
developments which fall within the scope of Planning
Committee
A to
determine unless in the opinion of the Corporate
Director
Place
or the Director Environment, Transport and Planning it is
a
minor
modification.