The County Planning Committee consists of 16 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.