Privacy and the Planning Process - Saltford Parish Council

Privacy and the Planning Process

Due to its planning procedures B&NES Council usually publishes on its website the names but not addresses or contact details of those submitting comments or objections on planning applications.

Any contact with SPC by a resident will treated in line with GDPR guidance; a resident’s name would not be shared with third parties outside SPC without the resident’s prior permission. SPC will not post comments on the B&NES Council Planning Portal on a resident’s behalf. The only way for a resident to make their comments known to B&NES Council or any other planning authority is to contact the planning authority directly.

Please note that although comments may be made to SPC, there is no certainty that SPC will submit a response to B&NES Council in line with any comments raised in this way. It is also possible that SPC may take a different stance to any comments made.

If comments are shared at a SPC meeting about a planning consultation, the member of the public’s name will not be recorded in the minutes. Please see SPC’s ‘Public Engagement Guidelines’ about attending and speaking at SPC meetings on our ‘Minutes – Agendas and Meetings‘ page.

As mentioned, contacting SPC is not a substitute for submitting a response to B&NES Council via their planning portal. Saltford residents are encouraged by SPC at all times to formally submit their own responses directly by the given deadline to the decision making authority (generally B&NES Council) in order to have their concerns formally taken into account. 

More information on SPC’s role in the planning process can be found on its ‘How can members of the public make their views known? (Commenting on Planning Applications)‘ page.

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