Committee details

The purpose of the committee is to consider:

·       Strategic planning issues

·       Planning applications including Listed Building consent, Conservation Area planning consent and the designation of conservation areas

·       The expenditure of funds secured through legal agreements under Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, or any previous legislation

·       All planning applications of strategic importance in the borough, including:

·          Applications which require referral to the Mayor of London

·          Applications which are required to be notified to the Secretary of State as departures from the Unitary Development Plan

·          Applications where the submission of an Environmental Impact Assessment is required by regulation or following screening application

·          Applications for the development of contaminated land

·          Specific applications not covered by the above but determined as strategic by the Strategic Director of Regeneration

·          (Covered under Article 4 of the Town and Country Planning Permitted Development Order 1995)

Planning committee meetings take place monthly (except August) at the Town Hall, Peckham Road, SE5 8UB.