Decision details

Consideration was given to the introduction of a Planning Guarantee Scheme designed to ensure that no planning application dealt with by the Authority should take longer than 1 year from the date of validation to reach a decision. 

The Scheme was intended to improve overall planning performance and deal with perceived delays on the part of applicants in the delivery of Section 106 planning obligation agreements.

RESOLVED

1.    That Cabinet agrees to work towards the introduction of a Planning Guarantee scheme on a phased basis from September 2012, subject to agreement with developers at the Council’s Development Forum and subject to the points raised in the legal implications section of the report.

2.      That improvements to date and the significant increase in performance be noted.