This outlines relevant information about the planning application process
West Northamptonshire Council (WNC) is the local planning authority and they ask Guilsborough Parish Council (as a statutory consultee) to provide comments, if any, on planning applications they receive.
Guilsborough Parish Council do not make the final decision on any planning application.
WNC ask for comments within 21 days of receiving notification. WNC may grant an Extension of Time, if appropriate. The types of comments that the Parish Council would make relate to the following:-
Material planning considerations:-
- Residential amenity, design, appearance & layout, trees & open spaces
- Government guidance, highway safety & traffic, the character of the area
- Noise, disturbance & smell, historic buildings & areas, the Structure Plan
- The adopted planning policies of the Council, the Local Plan.
Non-
- Private property rights, loss of view over other people’s land
- The developers’ morals or motives, effects on property value.
Parishioners are welcome at all Parish Council meetings, if you receive a notice of a planning application from WNC and want to check when the Parish Council will discuss the application, please check the Parish Council website https://guilsborough-pc.gov.uk/meetings/ or email the Parish Clerk, Ciara Wanstall, at clerk@guilsborough-pc.gov.uk
WNC has a planning enforcement team, for any queries please see their website – https://www.westnorthants.gov.uk/planning-