Councillor involvement in Pre Application discussions - Public forum - Planning Advisory Service (PAS)

Bryan, the Planning Officers Society's development management in practice project have published some guidance on member involvement in pre-apps. This draws on the experience of local authority planners and has some good tips on protocols and also on establishing mechanisms to provide councillors with opportunities to take an active role in pre-app discussions without prejudicing their role in determining applications. The link to the POS document is http://www.planningofficers.org.uk/documents/Guidance_Note_3_Member_pre_application_discussions.pdf.

For those of you experiencing problems accessing the link to the Planning Officers Society's guidance on member involvement in pre-apps please try this link http://www.planningofficers.org.uk/page.cp/pageid/123. It's the third pdf document.