conservation areas for certain schemes. Some occasions where householders need pre-apps so feel options 1 and 4 would work. Agents would have something to sell to their clients. Feel 2 middle ones need to be combined and need something as to what Councils expectation is but feel need to bring in something. Perhaps have a walk-in service or phone service to named officers for specific area. Would be viable perhaps start with fixed fee service first. – Officer allocated to parish get to know that officer. Offer continuity from – application through to discharge of conditions. Need dedicated team more – efficiency from Council point of view. Look to set up working group with Agents and explore options for access to Householder pre-application service. If anyone interested in this let MP know. Self Build interest from self-build plots but not a huge amount. – IT Council is purchasing a new document management system which will – make things easier to use. Public interface system will be better than the one we use now. Agents page on website – Agents to check that area for any updates – notes /presentation of this meeting will be on there. Plea from Parish Councils when looking at plans electronically at their PC – meetings quality of some plans could be better please ensure they are of good – quality and clear standard. Permission in Principle Document Government released this document – yesterday if you google in Principle’ should take you to the – ‘Permission document. Validation reviewing document from Main Agents Validation checking – – – service response - do we validate but come back to agent if something is missing or make application invalid. Depends what is required but in Agents interest to provide information required. Consultations question asked why officers accepting – consultations/representations after the deadline cut-off date should mean cut – off. Question asked if inappropriate comments submitted on-line could be removed. Informed that we have a process in place to remove these if they breach our website terms and conditions. Pre-commencement conditions officers will need to consult with Agents – before we put them on (10 day default). MP to speak with officers regarding pre-commencement conditions and unnecessary conditions creeping back on. IApply why no BACS availability for payment. – Maps Council to provide licensed O.S. location maps to buy. –
conservation areas for certain schemes. Some occasions where householders need pre-apps so feel options 1 and 4 would work. Agents would have something to sell to their clients. Feel 2 middle ones need to be combined and need something as to what Councils expectation is but feel need to bring in something. Perhaps have a walk-in service or phone service to named officers for specific area. Would be viable – perhaps start with fixed fee service first. Officer allocated to parish – get to know that officer. Offer continuity from application through to discharge of conditions. Need dedicated team – more efficiency from Council point of view. Look to set up working group with Agents and explore options for access to Householder pre-application service. If anyone interested in this let MP know. Self Build – interest from self-build plots but not a huge amount. IT – Council is purchasing a new document management system which will make things easier to use. Public interface system will be better than the one we use now. Agents page on website – Agents to check that area for any updates – notes /presentation of this meeting will be on there. Plea from Parish Councils – when looking at plans electronically at their PC meetings quality of some plans could be better – please ensure they are of good quality and clear standard. Permission in Principle Document – Government released this document yesterday – if you google ‘Permission in Principle’ should take you to the document. Validation – reviewing document – from Main Agents – Validation checking service response - do we validate but come back to agent if something is missing or make application invalid. Depends what is required but in Agents interest to provide information required. Consultations – question asked why officers accepting consultations/representations after the deadline – cut-off date should mean cut off. Question asked if inappropriate comments submitted on-line could be removed. Informed that we have a process in place to remove these if they breach our website terms and conditions. Pre-commencement conditions – officers will need to consult with Agents before we put them on (10 day default). MP to speak with officers regarding pre-commencement conditions and unnecessary conditions creeping back on. IApply – why no BACS availability for payment. Maps – Council to provide licensed O.S. location maps to buy.
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