Some Do’s and Don’ts for planning responses Below is a short guide to help you respond to applications for development that you are opposed to, or in support of, in your local community*. The brackets contain the relevant paragraphs from the National Planning Policy Framework. Points to ponder Yes, No or We will lose the nice from NO The planning system does our garden not protect views from private land or property Views across the valley will be MAYBE Within Areas of spoilt Outstanding Natural Beauty or within their setting i.e. close to the boundaries, priority will be given to the conservation and enhancement of the natural beauty of the landscape (para 115) Our property will be MAYBE The Local Plan may give overshadowed protection to properties that suffer loss of daylight, sunlight, privacy or have an overbearing effect The roads nearby are already YES Planning permission is not unsafe, this could make them usually granted for development dangerous which is likely to be detrimental to highway safety for any user of the highway An access point is across private NO This is a matter between the land and the applicant has no applicant and the owner of the right of way over this right of way land The development is out of YES Even where the development keeping with the character of the is normally allowed within surrounding properties settlements (towns and villages) it is usual to avoid development that would cause harm to the character and appearance of that part of the settlement. This will be particularly so in Conservation Areas (paras 128-133)
Some Do’s and Don’ts for planning responses Below is a short guide to help you respond to applications for development that you are opposed to, or in support of, in your local community*. The brackets contain the relevant paragraphs from the National Planning Policy Framework. Points to ponder Yes, No or We will lose the nice from our garden NO The planning system does not protect views from private land or property Views across the valley will be spoilt MAYBE Within Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty or within their setting i.e. close to the boundaries, priority will be given to the conservation and enhancement of the natural beauty of the landscape (para 115) Our property will be overshadowed MAYBE The Local Plan may give protection to properties that suffer loss of daylight, sunlight, privacy or have an overbearing effect The roads nearby are already unsafe, this could make them dangerous YES Planning permission is not usually granted for development which is likely to be detrimental to highway safety for any user of the highway An access point is across private land and the applicant has no right of way over this NO This is a matter between the applicant and the owner of the right of way land The development is out of keeping with the character of the surrounding properties YES Even where the development is normally allowed within settlements (towns and villages) it is usual to avoid development that would cause harm to the character and appearance of that part of the settlement. This will be particularly so in Conservation Areas (paras 128-133)
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