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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.