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The role of the Strategic
Development Committee is to consider major planning matters, within
and exceeding the remit of the Development Committee in terms of
size and scale amongst other issues. The full terms of reference
for the Committee can be found below
The Committee is made up of
nine Members of the Council as appointed by Full Council. Political
balance rules apply to the Committee.
Meetings are held in the Town Hall, Mulberry Place. A
timetable for meeting dates and deadlines can be found
here.
Objectors to planning
applications and applicants may request to speak at the Strategic
Development Committee. If you wish to speak on an application you must contact the Committee Officer
below by 4pm one clear day before the meeting as on the Committee
timetable. For further information, see the guidance for the
Committee in the
ways of participation page
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Functions
1. Applications for
planning permission, listed building consent, hazardous substance
consent and observations to other planning authorities
To consider any matter listed within the terms
of reference of the Development Committee (including minor material
amendments and observations to neighbouring authorities and the
Mayor of London) and where any one of the following scale criteria
would apply:
(a) Applications for buildings
exceeding 30 metres in height (25 metres on sites adjacent to the
River Thames)
(b) Applications for
residential development with more than 500 residential units, or on
sites exceeding 10 hectares in area
(c) Applications for
employment floor space on sites of more than 4 hectares
(d) Major infrastructure
developments
(e) Applications not in
accordance with the development plan involving more than 150
residential units or a gross floor space exceeding 2,500 square
metres
(f) Applications on
Metropolitan Open Land involving buildings with a gross floor
space exceeding 1000 square metres
(g) Applications for
developments including 200 or more car parking spaces
(h) Legal proceedings in
relation to the matter are in existence or in contemplation
(i) Three or more
members of the Development Committee are disqualified in some way
from participating in the decision
(j) On an exceptional
basis, the Development Committee has decided that a particular
application should stand referred to the Strategic Development
Committee
Delegation of Functions:
The Corporate Director, Place (or any officer
authorised by her/him) has the authority to make decisions on
planning matters with the exception of
those specifically reserved to the Development and Strategic
Development Committees, unless:
(i) these are expressly
delegated to her/him; or
(ii) where it is referred
to the Committee in accordance with Development Procedure Rule No
15
2. General
A. To consider any
application or other planning matter referred to the Committee by
the Corporate Director, Place including pre-application
presentations (subject to the agreed protocol) where she/he
considers it appropriate to do so and the scale criteria in part 1
(a) to (j) would apply.
B. To consider any
matter which would otherwise be referred to the Development
Committee but which the Corporate Director, Place, following
consultation with the Chairs of both Committees, considers should
more appropriately be considered by the Strategic Development
Committee.
Note: It shall be for the Corporate Director,
Place to determine whether a matter meets any of the above
criteria
The quorum is three Committee Members.