Terms of
Reference
Subject to the Scheme of Delegation to officers
and other provisions set out in Part 3 of the Constitution, the
Committee is empowered:
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to issue, as appropriate, licences, permits and
consents and to grant registrations, imposing any conditions,
limitations or other restrictions on such approvals, consents,
licences, permissions or registrations.
·
to determine whether, and in what manner, to enforce
any failure to comply with, or any other contravention of, any
approval, consent, licence, permission, registration granted or any
condition, limitation or term of such approval, consent, licence,
permission or registration.
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to determine, where there is such discretion, whether
a charge should be made for any approval, consent, licence, permit
or registration granted and after receipt of guidance from the
Borough Finance Officer to determine the amount of the
charge.
The Committee is also responsible for the
following:
Town and Country Planning
and Development Control
The determination of applications for planning
permission; the determination of applications to develop land
without compliance with conditions previously attached; the
granting of planning permission for developments already carried
out; the power to decline to determine applications for planning
permission; the determination of applications for planning
permission made by a local authority, alone or jointly with another
person.
The making of determinations, the granting of
approvals and agreements to certain other matters relating to the
exercise of permitted development rights; the entering into
agreements regulating development or use of land; the issuing of
certificates of existing or proposed lawful use or development; the
serving of completion notices; the granting of consents for the
display of advertisements; the authorisation of entry onto
land.
The power to require the discontinuance of a use
of land; the serving of planning contravention notices, breach of
condition notices or stop notices; the issue of enforcement
notices; the power to apply for an injunction restraining a breach
of planning control; the power to require proper maintenance of
land, the powers relating to the preservation of trees.
The determination of applications for hazardous
substances consent, and related powers.
The determination of applications for listed
building consent, and related powers; the determination of
applications for conservation area consent; the serving of building
preservation notices, and related powers; the issue of enforcement
notices in relation to demolition of unlisted building in
conservation area; the acquisition of listed buildings in need of
repair and the serving of repairs notices; the power to apply for
an injunction in relation to a listed building; and the execution
of urgent works.
Public Rights of
Way
The creation of footpaths or bridleways by
agreement or otherwise; the determination of applications for
public path extinguishment orders; the making of rail crossing
extinguishment orders and special extinguishment orders; the
permanent or temporary diversion or stopping up of footpaths and
bridleways; the making of public path diversion orders, crossing
diversion orders and special diversion orders; the power to require
applicant for order to enter into agreement under Section 119C(3)
of the Highways Act 1980.
The making of SSSI diversion orders; the power to
decline to determine certain applications; the power to apply for
variation of an order under section 130B of the Highways Act 1980;
the power to authorise temporary disturbance of surface of
footpaths or bridleways; the making good of damage and the removal
of obstructions; the removal of things so deposited on highways as
to be a nuisance; the extinguishment of certain public rights of
way the power to include modifications in other orders; the
authorisation of the erection of stiles on the footpaths and
bridleways.
The preparation of a map and a statement by way of
consolidation of definitive map and statement; the power to
designate footpath as cycle track; the power to extinguish public
right of way over land acquired for clearance; the power to
extinguish public rights of way over land held for planning
purposes; the power to enter into agreements with respect to means
of access and the power to provide access in absence of
agreement.
Highways Use and
Regulation
The granting of street works licences; the
granting of permissions for builder's skips on the highway; the
licensing of planting, retention and maintenance of trees in part
of the highway; the licensing of building works in relation to
buildings which obstruct the highway; the power to consent to
temporary deposits or excavations in streets; the power to dispense
with obligation to erect hoarding or fence; the power to restrict
the placing of rails, beams etc over the highway; the power to
consent to the construction of cellars under the street, openings
into cellars, pavement lights and ventilators; the making of
limestone of pavement orders.
Commons
Registration
The registration of common land or town and
village greens, except where the power is exercisable solely for
the purpose of exchange of lands under the Acquisition of Land Act
1981 or an order under the Inclosure Act 1845; and the powers
relating to the protection of important hedgerows.