Planning
The Parish Council as Consultee
The Parish Council is a statutory consultee on planning applications and is normally given 21 days to comment.
When reviewing applications the Planning Committee considers planning issues. These can include:
- consistency with the development plan for the area
- traffic and highway safety issues
- overlooking, loss of privacy and loss of light
- scale of the development
- design, appearance, layout and material
- loss of important open space of physical features
- noise, disturbance or smells
- local knowledge of drainage or other possible problems with the surface
- impact on the surroundings
Issues that are not relevant include:
- effect on the value of property
- loss of view over other peoples land
- possible future development not included in the application
- private property rights such as boundary or access disputes
- matters covered by other laws
- the morals or motives of the developer
The Parish Council has approved the following Policy and Procedures when considering Planning Applications.
Wem Rural Parish Council Planning Application Policy (76.87KB)
Further details
Further details including copies of Shropshire's Council's Planning Policies can be found at www.shropshire.gov.uk/planning.nsf .
You can also track planning and building control applications through the Public Access, the on-line planning register. http://planning2.shropshire.gov.uk/publicaccess/tdc/tdc_home.aspx
A list of validated applications currently under consideration, together with reference numbers and links to the Public Access, can be found under Current Planning Applications.