Who can object to a planning application? Is it one objection per houseor per person?

mhoc

If someone wanted to put in an objection to a planning application who can object?

Is it one objection per household or is it one objection per person - ie everyone who lives at an address who is on the electoral roll

I've always thought it was one objection per person but someone has told me its one per household. This makes no sense otherwise it would be that only one vote per household however many people lived there.

I've tried googling for a definative answer but I cant find anything

Gwhiz

TBH anyone can object BUT the key is WHY. If it's a bona fide reason, based on planning principles, then it really won't make much difference if it's 3 or 30 objections because the council will have to consider any objection based on sound reasoning.

100 people just saying "it's horrid" will have zero effect on the planners.

googler

There's little value in more than one person in each household objecting, unless the different people from the household have different grounds for objection; and why would you have different grounds from anyone else in your house?

Also, when the planning authority or applicant sends out neighbour notifications, they do so at the rate of one per household, not one per householder. That gives you a strong hint.

mhoc

googler wrote: »

There's little value in more than one person in each household objecting, unless the different people from the household have different grounds for objection; and why would you have different grounds from anyone else in your house?

.

Everyone in a household could be at a differnet age and stage in their life and all have vastly different different opinions about a planning application and how it would affect them personally so one person could not speak for everybody.

Councils are only obliged to send out notification letters to people living within 75m of a propsed devleopement so its the least ammount that they can get away with doing. So if you live along a long and winding road someone can build some houses at one end and the council would not be legaly obldged to send notification letters to people at the other end of the road despite it all being the same road, same postcode etc

anselld

mhoc wrote: »

Everyone in a household could be at a differnet age and stage in their life and all have vastly different different opinions about a planning application and how it would affect them personally so one person could not speak for everybody.

Again, the planners will not take account of personal views or opinions. They will only consider arguments based on planning rules and policies.

attila_

mhoc wrote: »

Councils are only obliged to send out notification letters to people living within 75m of a propsed devleopement so its the least ammount that they can get away with doing.

Not sure this is correct. The consultation radius depends on the size/type of the development and location (rural or urban) and a little bit of the local authority's habitats as they all differ. There are no set rules on this.

Re: objecting more than one per household. Totally agree with first response - Little value if you're essentially saying the same thing. The planning officer will see this is a mutual agreement within the objecting household and count it as one.

matthorp

When you object to a planning application, it is because of the impact on your property or local environment, not on the impact to any individual person. Therefore, one objection per household is sufficient.

Unless the objection is based on sound planning or environmental reasons then it will not be taken into consideration.

poppysarah

Speak to the neighbours and make sure they actually object. Lots of people moan but cba writing a letter.

offer to write and post letters for them

vax2002

If the council get wind there is discontent they play a very nasty trump card.
They get one of their local dormant foot soldiers to go round knocking on doors with a petition AGAINST the development.
Locals sign the petition thinking that they no longer have to object now as they have already signed the petition with sometimes dozens of others.
However a petition counts as 1 objection in planning, despite the number of signatures.
Yes it is very sneaky, it is deception, but it is legal.

poppysarah

vax2002 wrote: »

If the council get wind there is discontent they play a very nasty trump card.
They get one of their local dormant foot soldiers to go round knocking on doors with a petition AGAINST the development.
Locals sign the petition thinking that they no longer have to object now as they have already signed the petition with sometimes dozens of others.
However a petition counts as 1 objection in planning, despite the number of signatures.
Yes it is very sneaky, it is deception, but it is legal.

really?!!
Didn't know that.


I always thought people should be encouraged to make their own complaints about things - I will bear this in mind in future when campaigning.

sunshinetours

mhoc wrote: »

Everyone in a household could be at a differnet age and stage in their life and all have vastly different different opinions about a planning application and how it would affect them personally so one person could not speak for everybody.

Councils are only obliged to send out notification letters to people living within 75m of a propsed devleopement so its the least ammount that they can get away with doing. So if you live along a long and winding road someone can build some houses at one end and the council would not be legaly obldged to send notification letters to people at the other end of the road despite it all being the same road, same postcode etc

As already stated personal opinions aren't a ground for objection. Read up on the planning regs and object on basis of those and you will be heard. Its to stop NIMBYism in theory