The County Planning Committee consists of 12 Members
of the Council excluding Members of the Cabinet.
The Committee has
the following functions:
To exercise the Council’s functions
relating to Town and Country Planning and Development Control as
set out in Section A of Schedule 1 to the 2000 Regulations, in
relation to the following matters:
·
Residential development proposals involving 200 or
more dwellings or a site area of 4 hectares or more
·
All non-residential development proposals (including
commercial, retail and industrial developments) of 10,000 or more
square metres floorspace or a site area of 2 hectares or
more
·
Development proposals involving the erection of two
or more wind turbines where the output of each turbine is 1.5 MW or
greater
·
Applications for renewable energy
developments
·
All development proposals relating to minerals or
waste
Development which in the opinion of the Head of
Planning Services is of strategic significance, including strategic
schemes promoted by the County Council.