23rd July 2010, 02:41 PM
"Having consulted on the details of their plans and polled to secure their community mandate, the Trust will present
a dossier on their proposed development to their local planning authority. The role of the council will be to check
if the necessary criteria have been met. We will legislate to ensure that if the criteria have been met, planning
permission is automatically granted; if not, then the decision will revert to the local planning authority and be
treated as any other planning application." (My italics)
Aha. What does this bit mean then? My first reaction is that it means that if the proposal would have received consent anyway, it will be automatically granted. If the criteria have not been met, a full application is required and presumably will be refused! In practice no doubt it is intended that a dialogue wil ensue, i.e. the LPA will advise the Trust what amendments etc are required. I am not clear however if there is a fee for "presenting a dossier" to the LPA for "checking". If not, why does any other applicant have to pay a fee and not a village trust, thus getting free advice?
I wonder if there will be restrictions on who the trust can borrow the money from - a developer, perhaps?
Architecturally, the blanket condition that the development must be "in keeping" is oppressive, stifling and ill-informed.
a dossier on their proposed development to their local planning authority. The role of the council will be to check
if the necessary criteria have been met. We will legislate to ensure that if the criteria have been met, planning
permission is automatically granted; if not, then the decision will revert to the local planning authority and be
treated as any other planning application." (My italics)
Aha. What does this bit mean then? My first reaction is that it means that if the proposal would have received consent anyway, it will be automatically granted. If the criteria have not been met, a full application is required and presumably will be refused! In practice no doubt it is intended that a dialogue wil ensue, i.e. the LPA will advise the Trust what amendments etc are required. I am not clear however if there is a fee for "presenting a dossier" to the LPA for "checking". If not, why does any other applicant have to pay a fee and not a village trust, thus getting free advice?
I wonder if there will be restrictions on who the trust can borrow the money from - a developer, perhaps?
Architecturally, the blanket condition that the development must be "in keeping" is oppressive, stifling and ill-informed.