Consultation outcome

Planning application process: statutory consultee arrangements

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Applies to England

This consultation has concluded

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Further changes to statutory consultee arrangements for the planning application process: government response

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Annex A: list of respondents

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Detail of outcome

Response to consultation on measures aimed at ensuring more effective advice to local planning authorities about surface water drainage management.


Original consultation

Summary

Consultation on measures aimed at ensuring more effective provision of advice to local planning authorities in relation to surface water drainage management.

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Consultation description

This consultation seeks views on measures aimed at ensuring more effective provision of advice to local planning authorities in relation to surface water drainage management.

Statutory consultees are those organisations and bodies, defined by statute, which local planning authorities are legally required to consult before reaching a decision on relevant planning applications.

Part A: proposal to introduce the Lead Local Flood Authority as a statutory consultee on major planning applications with surface water drainage implications to ensure technical advice is available to local planning authorities.

Part B: proposal to change the thresholds for the Environment Agency’s statutory consultee involvement in a planning application to achieve a more proportionate approach in light of changing responsibilities.

Part C: proposal to make water companies statutory consultees in respect to planning applications for shale oil and gas development.

Documents

Further changes to statutory consultee arrangements for the planning application process

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Published 18 December 2014
Last updated 13 July 2015 + show all updates
  1. Added Annex A: list of respondents.

  2. Added government response to Further changes to statutory consultee arrangements for the planning application process consultation

  3. First published.