The Infrastructure Projects

[Tricky]

Does anyone know if there has been any movement on the planning application for the new stand?

I have read elsewhere that tonight's planning meeting did not discuss the application and it was the last meeting planned prior to determination date expiring; is this the case?

If so, what implications does this have?

The statutory time limits are usually 13 weeks for applications for major development and 8 weeks for all other types of development (unless an application is subject to an Environmental Impact Assessment, in which case a 16 week limit applies)(This, I would suspect to be the case for the new stand and flats complex, as they will have an impact on the local environment).

Where a planning application takes longer than the statutory period to decide, and an extended period has not been agreed with the applicant, the government’s policy is that the decision should be made within 26 weeks at most in order to comply with the ‘planning guarantee’.

The planning guarantee is the government’s policy that no application should spend more than a year with decision-makers, including any appeal. In practice this means that planning applications should be decided in no more than 26 weeks, allowing a similar period for any appeal. The planning guarantee does not replace the statutory time limits for determining planning applications.*