Planning - Saltford Parish Council

Planning

The planning authority for Saltford is B&NES Council. Saltford Parish Council is a statutory consultee, meaning B&NES Council must consult the Parish Council on specific types of planning applications.

SPC responds to planning consultations directly received from B&NES Council for Saltford. It may also respond to consultations that may impact Saltford, but are located beyond its boundaries and not directly consulted on.

SPC’s responses to Planning Applications can be found on the B&NES Council planning portal under ‘Plans and Documents’ (not ‘Comments’). SPC responses are also recorded in SPC’s minutes.

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Saltford Parish Council – like all Parish Councils – does not have powers to grant or refuse planning permission. Parish councils can only comment on planning applications in the same way as any other member of the public. SPC’s views, along with others submitted during the consultation process, are taken into account by Bath & North East Somerset Council (B&NES Council) during the decision making process.

SPC only considers and forms a view on a planning application (of whatever size or scale) after it has been formally consulted by the Planning Authority (B&NES Council). Any response from SPC is agreed at a properly convened meeting of the Parish Council. Please find information about meetings on our ‘Meetings – Agendas and Minutes‘ page.

To find out more about SPC’s role in the planning application process and how residents submit views to B&NES Council about live planning applications, please see our ‘How can members of the public make their views known? (Commenting on Planning Applications)‘ page.

Please also see ‘What powers does Saltford Parish Council have with respect to planning applications?‘ and ‘Stages of the planning decision making process‘ which also includes more detail about the role of SPC in the planning consultation process.

SPC cannot provide advice to applicants or residents on proposed, ‘live’ or resolved planning applications. Residents can direct enquiries to the planning authority (B&NES Council).

SPC has a Planning Committee, made up of eight Councillors, which can also resolve SPC’s view on planning consultations. Should a planning consultation end date be prior to a SPC meeting date, the Council may also look to use its Scheme of Delegation to respond – if so, its use would be noted at a subsequent meeting.

SPC’s ‘Planning Policy Working Group’ predominantly works on achieving further landscape designation protection on Green Belt at ‘Saltford South of the A4’ – for details, documents and a timeline of actions please view our ‘Protecting Saltford’s Green Belt‘ page.

Please find further information about planning matters at How can members of the public make their views known? (Commenting on Planning Applications) and via the links below:

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