Advice please for objecting to planning

tortoiseshellcat

Hello I hope I am posting in the right section...
Has anyone successfully objected to planning and if so is there anything key that will help?
The planning proposed will have an impact on parking, traffic and pedestrian safety so that will be my start but I wondered what other things hold weight with councils?
I would appreciate any advice.
Thank you.

Doozergirl

We don't have enough information from you to help much.

You could do what my next door neighbour did and copy and paste the bold area with nine bullet points on this blog:

http://planninglawblog.blogspot.com/p/how-to-object.html?m=1

He even left the all optional bits and asterisks in his letter :rotfl:

hb2

As Doozergirl says, you need to be couching your objection in terms that tick the correct boxes with the local planning officer. Refer to the local development plan and central government edicts as much as possible.

elsien

How many people does it affect who may also wish to object.
For a larger development, we found that getting local councillors on board and doing individual objections more effective than the petition route.

Nasqueron

First thing to write is


Dear Sir


I am definitely not a NIMBY but here's my opinion on why I don't want xyz in my neighbourhood.

sevenhills

tortoiseshellcat wrote: »

Hello I hope I am posting in the right section...
Has anyone successfully objected to planning and if so is there anything key that will help?
The planning proposed will have an impact on parking, traffic and pedestrian safety so that will be my start but I wondered what other things hold weight with councils?
I would appreciate any advice.
Thank you.

What you need to do is look on your councils planning web site and see what their Highways Department says about those issues.
You can add to objections about the same points.

tortoiseshellcat

Great! Thanks for all your replies, my main focus is about lack of parking and pedestrian safety but I have included other issues too. Thank you Doozergirl I looked on that website yesterday it was really helpful.
There are already three objections posted on the council website as the site is not suitable and would impact a lot of people.

foxy-stoat

I would also agree, building more houses for people WILL have an impact on traffic and parking and as an effect pedestrian safety. I dont think its a reason not to build more houses though as we do not have enough houses.

Folk will have to accept that there will be fewer places to park and more cars on the road.....and they will have to look up when crossing the road and not down at your phone.

Badger50

Try to refer to the authority's specific policies giving chapter and verse. e.g. "...will impact parking, traffic and predestrian safety contrary to paragraph x of Planning Policy y." The point being that in order to refuse an application a planning officer needs to give the applicant reasons referencing specific policies.

lincroft1710

Even if the planners refuse PP, there is always the appeal process and the planners' refusal is often overthrown. If the land in question is suitable for some form of development, then it will likely eventually be granted PP, but possibly not to the same type or density as the original application.

AdrianC

tortoiseshellcat wrote: »

Has anyone successfully objected to planning and if so is there anything key that will help?

Facts help a lot.
Emotion really doesn't.

The planning proposed will have an impact on parking, traffic and pedestrian safety so that will be my start

One of the statutory consultees is the council's transport dept, so they'll have that side covered already - if they say there's no problem, then you can insist there is until you're blue in the face, but the expert opinion will be taken over yours.

Any traffic impact can be factored in to the decision, so that the developer may have to pay for improvements to the road layout to mitigate the impact.

but I wondered what other things hold weight with councils?

Your basic bullet list of valid objections is...


• Adverse effect on the residential amenity of neighbours, by reason of (among other factors) noise*, disturbance*, overlooking, loss of privacy, overshadowing, etc. [*but note that this does not include noise or disturbance arising from the actual execution of the works, which will not be taken into account, except possibly in relation to conditions that may be imposed on the planning permission,dealing with hours and methods of working, etc. during the development]
• Unacceptably high density / over-development of the site, especially if it involves loss of garden land or the open aspect of the neighbourhood (so-called ‘garden grabbing’)
• Visual impact of the development
• Effect of the development on the character of the neighbourhood
• Design (including bulk and massing, detailing and materials, if these form part of the application)
• The proposed development is over-bearing, out-of-scale or out of character in terms of its appearance compared with existing development in the vicinity
• The loss of existing views from neighbouring properties would adversely affect the residential amenity of neighbouring owners
• [If in a Conservation Area, adverse effect of the development on the character and appearance of the Conservation Area]
• [If near a Listed Building, adverse effect of the development on the setting of the Listed Building.]
• The development would adversely affect highway safety or the convenience of road users [but only if there is technical evidence to back up such a claim].



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