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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.
This schedule of meetings is arranged at the start of the municipal
year to best meet planning timetables. However, where there is no
business to consider, specific meetings may be cancelled and if so,
this will be reflected on the page above.
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
Useful links -
Council
Constitution
•
The Development Committee Procedural Rules
•
Terms of Reference for the Strategic Development Committee
(Responsibility for Functions).
•
Ways of
participation page
•
Planning
Services Webpages
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.