The Planning Service At South Lakeland
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cities and in the countryside.
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The Planning Service at South
Lakeland
The Planning Service at South
Lakeland is made up of Development Planning and Development
Control.
Development Plans -
is responsible for the Local Plan and the emerging Local
Development Framework (LDF) which provides policies to guide and
encourage future development within the District.
Development
Control- deals with the processing of planning
applications, taking account of Council policies and briefs,
government guidance and the individual merits of each scheme, in
order to control development in the district in the public
interest. It also deals with the enforcement of planning controls,
appeals against planning decisions and tree preservation/high
hedges, adverts, listed buildings etc.
The service also includes:
Conservation - Historic Buildings and Conservation
Areas - the Conservation Officer is responsible for preparing
Conservation Area appraisals and management plans; offering design
and conservation advice to development control; administering grant
schemes in Kendal and for listed buildings and historic shopfronts
in the wider district; and for giving guidance to the public on
traditional repairs and potential changes to historic
buildings.
Planning Headlines
SL/2009/0838 - THIRTY FOUR DWELLINGS
WITH ASSOCIATED VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN ACCESS AT BIGGINS ROAD,
KIRKBY LONSDALE.
The Planning Committee considered the
application on the 28 January 2010 and resolved to
grant planning permission. However as the site
was formally a playing field, referral of the application
to the Government Office for the North West was required prior to
the decision notice being issued. The Government
Offices responded on 31 March and determined that the decision
to grant planning permission should remain with the Local
Authority.
The Committee resolution to grant planning
permission therefore forms the decision and planning
permission will be issued once a legal agreement with regard to the
provision of affordable and local occupancy dwellings has been
formalised.
A copy of the decision by the Government
Office can be found
Copy of Inspectors Letter (PDF, 35 Kb)
New Fees for Extant and
Non-material Amendment Applications
A new fee structure has been introduced by Central
Government. This fee structure was introduced on the
26th February 2010 and covers all applications to extend the
life of extant planning permissions and all applications for
non-material amendments to existing planning permissions.
Details of planning application fees can be viewed
here.
Changes to planning legislation
From the 1st October 2009
there have been two major changes to planning legislation:
- It is now possible to extend the life
of a planning permission, provided the development has not already
commenced or the time limit has not already expired.
There is a new planning
application form for this. If an application made on
this form is granted, the result will be a new planning permission
with a new time limit.
- Minor or non-material amendments, such as moving a door or
window or a change of material, to a proposal that has already got
planning permission must now be made on a new application form. If an
application made on this form is successful, the result will be an
amendment to the original planning permission. A new planning
permission is not created.
You should check with the planning
department whether the changes proposed can be dealt with in this
way. Some amendments require a new application to be submitted.
Introduction of the
Householder Appeals Service
Appeals against refusals on
householder applications received on or after 6th April
2009 will be dealt with by a new appeals service recently
introduced by the Planning Inspectorate. The applicant must lodge
the appeal with the Planning Inspectorate within 12
weeks from the date of the decision notice.
Householder appeals will be dealt with by exchange of written
statements by the applicant and the local authority.
The Householder Appeals Service has
been designed to make the appeal procedure simpler, quicker and
more streamlined.
More information can be found on the
Planning
Inspectorate's website.
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