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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
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Council Constitution
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.