PURPOSE OF
COMMITTEE
Making decisions on the town and country
planning and development control matters within the terms of
reference of the Planning Committee including the following:-
- The approval of development which
would be a substantial departure from the Development Plan.
- The approval of development which
would have a significant impact outside of its immediate vicinity,
e.g. it would generate significant volumes of traffic noise or
atmospheric pollution; or it would have significant impact on the
pattern of trading; or it would be prominent on the landscape.
- Where the proposed development has
given rise to a substantial weight of public concern.
Executive powers: The Committee shall have
power to determine all matters within its terms of reference.
The above is given as a summary only; the full
version of the delegation agreement can be found in the
Planning Committee Handbook.
ARRANGEMENTS FOR PUBLIC ACCESS TO
MEETINGS
Planning Committee meetings are
held in the Civic Suite, Solihull but Covid safe space for public
access is limited.
Any member of the press and
public may watch the proceedings at this meeting via the
Council’s Meetings
Channel.
Members of the press and public
may tweet, blog etc. during the live broadcast, as they would be
able to during a regular Committee meeting in the Council
Offices.
It is important, however, that
Councillors can discuss and take decisions without disruption, so
the only participants in this virtual meeting will be the
Councillors concerned and the officers advising the
Committee.
Public Speaking on Planning Applications at Committee
Meetings
Any members of the public who
are registered and wish to make representations to the Committee
following the publication of an agenda can do so by joining the
meeting remotely and instructions on how to do this will be
provided to those who register to speak. Registered speakers will also be
required to provide a written statement which will be read out at
the relevant time in the meeting in the event that the speaker
fails to join the remote meeting.
Submissions must not exceed the permitted 3 minutes speaking time
when read out.
In the event of more than one
applicant, supporter or objector wishing to address the Committee,
a spokesperson should be nominated who will submit representations
on behalf of all registered speakers.
Ward Members may address the
Committee by joining the meeting and also submitting a written
statement which will be read out in the meeting if the member fails
to join the remote meeting. Submissions
must not exceed 4 minutes speaking time when read out.
Submissions must be emailed to
planning@solihull.gov.uk
by 12 noon on the day immediately preceding the virtual Committee
meeting.
The Council has agreed a
Webcasting Protocol to assist the conduct of webcast meetings
and to ensure that in doing so the Council is compliant with its
obligations under the Data Protection and Human Rights
legislation.