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Planning service customer charter and best practice notes

Charters

Customer Charter (Condensed) (pdf 48kb)

Customer Charter (Full Version) (pdf 295kb)

Parish Council Charter (pdf 167kb)

Best Practice Notes

Best Practice Note 1 (pdf 19kb) - Town & Parish Council Responses

Best Practice Note 2 (pdf 19kb) - Letters of Representation

Best Practice Note 4 (pdf 22kb) - Access to Planning Files

Best Practice Note 23 (pdf 13kb)

- Major Applications Protocol

Best Practice Note 24 (pdf 33kb)

- Section 106 Agreements Protocol

Best Practice Note 25 (pdf 22 kb)

- Pre-application Protocol

Local List – Validation of Planning and Other Applications

Local List – Validation of Planning and Other Applications (pdf432kb)

Conformity with Statement of Community Involvement

A draft of the Code of Practice – Validation of Planning and Other Applications was published on 7 August 2006 for public consultation purposes. An electronic version was placed on the Council’s website and paper copies were made available from Planning Services (Civic Centre, Barnstaple), Ilfracombe Community Office and South Molton Community Office. The consultation process, which took place from 7 August to 18 September 2006, was advertised in the North Devon Journal on 3 August 2006.

Version 1.0

Version 1.0 of the Code of Practice – Validation of Planning and Other Applications, which took into account representations received as a result of the consultation exercise, was published on 26 February 2007.

Version 1.1 (Local List - Validation of Planning and Other Applications)

Version 1.0 was replaced with Version 1.1 on 6 April 2008. Version 1.1 was renamed Local List - Validation of Planning and Other Applications and took account of:

experience gained by applicants, agents and the Council whilst using version 1.0;
The Validation of Planning Applications – Guidance for Local Planning Authorities (published by the Department for Communities and Local Government);
Circular 02/2008 – Standard Application Form and Validation (published by the Department for Communities and Local Government);
SI 550/2008 – The Town and Country Planning (General Development Procedure) (Amendment) (England) Order 2008;
SI 551/2008 – The Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2008; and
SI [ ]/2008 – The Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications and Deemed Applications) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2008

Version 1.1.1 (Local List - Validation of Planning and Other Applications)

Version 1.1 was replaced by Version 1.1.1 on 1 June 2008. This update contains the following changes:

Annex B.5 – has been re-written to provide clearer guidance about applications for the approval of details reserved by condition (confirmation of compliance with planning condition) (discharge of condition)
Annex J – has been expanded to include the fees relating to applications for the approval of details reserved by condition (confirmation of compliance with planning condition) (discharge of condition)

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