Planning applications can be a stress and worry for both applicants and neighbours, and here are a few notes that may be helpful:
- The planning authority to whom you apply, and which makes the decision is Somerset Council.
- Somerset Council has a duty to put up site notices. If you want to know when there is a planning application for a site near you, look out for the site notices which are posted near the application site.
- You can also search for, view and comment on planning applications on the Somerset Council website.
- If you didn’t know about an application until after the decision has been made, the decision cannot be changed without mounting a legal challenge.
- The Parish Council is a statutory consultee which means that Somerset Council are required to ask the Parish Council what it thinks, but it is not obliged to agree with the Parish Council’s opinion when arriving at its decision.
- If you have a view on a particular application, you can send your comments direct to Somerset Council.