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Planning Services

Structure of Planning Services

The Planning Service has at its head the Director of Planning and Cultural Heritage. In addition to a corporate cross-cutting responsibility for developing initiatives for Social Inclusion and Economic Regeneration, the Director of Planning and Cultural Heritage (Chief Planning Officer) is responsible for the three Sections which make up the service. They are:

Strategic Plans and Policy, responsible for:

Statutory and Non-Statutory Policy Making and Delivery
Community Development
Sustainability

Development Control and Compliance, responsible for:

Planning Applications
Development Enquiries
Unauthorised Development
Planning Appeals

Cultural Heritage, responsible for:

Conservation Areas
Listed Buildings
Listed Building Applications
Available Grants
Buildings at Risk

Cross-Cutting Themes:

Social Inclusion & Economic Regeneration