Chineham Chat

Chineham Parish Council is pleased to welcome Steve Oakley as a Parish Councillor. Steve was co-opted as a Councillor at the April meeting of the Parish Council.

The legal issues with regard to the Allotments have all been completed so work on the Allotments is imminent.

Chineham Parish Council’s Planning Committee has delegated powers in respect of planning consultations; however, where a proposal is likely to have a major impact or have significant policy implications, it will be referred to the full Parish Council.    It should be noted that whilst the Borough does not have to agree with Parish Council recommendations, it does have to consider the Parish Council’s views, which are quoted in the Officers’ reports to the Borough’s Development Control Committee.   Consultations can take a variety of forms and depend on the nature of the works proposed.   However, in general the process at Chineham is as follows:

Application details - plans, sketches and photos of the site - are received by the Parish Council from the Borough.

• Immediate neighbours are informed of the application(s) by the Parish Council in the form of a hand-delivered letter and are also invited to attend the Parish Planning Committee meeting to make their views known.

• The applicant is advised by the Parish Council in the form of a hand-delivered letter that neighbours have been advised of the application along with the details of the next Planning Committee meeting,

• The Parish Council adds the application(s) to the next Parish Council Planning Committee Agenda and the Agenda is advertised in accordance with Local Government Rules.

• The application(s) to be considered at the Parish Planning Committee meeting where comments and recommendations are agreed for the meeting Minutes and also for submission to the Borough.

There is sometimes confusion as to what are valid planning considerations and what are not.   For example, if residents complain that a proposed development would cause the value of their house to fall this would not be a planning consideration and could not be discussed by the Planning Committee.   If consent is granted for a development this does not grant any rights to obstruct others during construction nor any right to store building plant or materials on land outside the property, including public land such as road verges.

More information on planning considerations may be found of the Borough website:

http://www.basingstoke.gov.uk/planning/dc/apps/commenting 

For a full report on the above, please visit our Parish Council website: www.chineham.gov.uk

The Parish Council is here to help the Residents of Chineham so if there is a Chineham issue you are concerned about please feel free to contact the Clerk, Karen Ross, on 01256 474500 or email clerk@chineham.gov.uk or Eunice Jones, on 01256 324345 or email assistantclerk@chineham.gov.uk 

during office hours only please.

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