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Planning

The Government has agreed to merge the county, borough and district councils in Shropshire to form a single unitary council. The new council will start work on 1 April 2009. In the meantime, an Implementation Executive (IE) has been established to take key decisions. At its first formal meeting on Friday 29 February, IE set up three sub-committees including one devoted to taking forward work on the Local Development Framework (LDF). Meetings of both the IE and the LDF Sub-committee are open to members of the public and representatives from the media and their agendas and minutes can be accessed on the councils' websites'.

In the period before 1 April 2009 each of Shropshire's district and borough councils will continue to take decisions on planning applications in their individual areas whilst the County Council will continue to take decisions on county matters and minerals and waste applications. In making these decisions on planning applications, each council will continue to apply their own adopted 'saved' local plan policies to their individual areas. If you have a planning enquiry in the period before 1 April 2009 you should continue to contact the planning department at your local council.

Development Control

Development Control is the part of the Service that deals with applications for planning permission and related controls.

You need planning permission for most forms of building work and consent to alter listed buildings and display advertisements as well as a number of other controls.

The Council is now able to offer a complete range of online planning services ranging from submitting planning applications on-line to the interactive local plan map on the Planning Portal.

Planning Policy

This service is principally concerned with the periodic review of the South Shropshire Local Plan and the introduction of the new Local Development Frameworks (LDF). The first document in the series under the LDF will be the Local Development Scheme (LDS).
Planning Enforcement

This service makes sure that all development is in accordance with a planning permission and takes action in cases of breaches of planning control.

Conservation and Listed Buildings

This service helps developers and the public make the best use of historic buildings and undertake building works in a sympathetic way that will be allowed under the listed building legislation.

The Council's Best Value note no 32 on conservation areas outlines the main implications of designation.

BVPN 32 Conservation Areas

Building Control

Building Control is concerned with building construction standards. The building control process ensures the health and safety of persons in and about the building, the energy efficiency of buildings and their accessibility.

Building Regulation approval is required for most types of building work. The process involves both plan appraisal through to approval and supporting site inspections.

Land Charges

Local Land Charges were the creation of the Land Charges Act 1925 and were originally designed to ensure that purchasers of land were not caught unawares by obligations enforceable against successive owners by local authorities and the terms of various statutes. Today the service is governed by the Act of 1975 and rules of 1977.

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Author: Eric Williams. Last Updated: 12/5/2008.