Planning

Our Planning Committee holds additional regular meetings to our Parish meetings. Please see below for the Terms of Reference.

Any interested party wishing to make representation at a Planning Committee meeting is asked to inform the Clerk in advance. Details of EWPC responses to Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council are reported in the Planning Committee minutes and can also be found here.

All applications need to have reference to our Neighbourhood Plan which can be found on the BDBC website here.

 

Meetings Confirmed for 2025 at Woolton Hill Church Hall 6pm

Monday 7th April

Tuesday 22nd April

Tuesday 20th May

Monday 2nd June

Monday 16th June

Monday 7th July

Monday 21st July

Monday 11th August

Tuesday 26th August

Monday 8th September 

Monday 22nd September

Monday 6th October

Monday 27th October

Tuesday 11th November

Monday 24th November

Monday 15th December

All parishioners are welcome to attend planning committee meetings.

 

What are material planning considerations?

Material planning considerations are matters that are relevant when a planning decision is being made. They include, but are not limited to:

• Local, strategic and national planning policies
• Previous appeal decisions and principles of case law
• Loss of sunlight, daylight, outlook or privacy
• Design, layout and impact upon the character of the surrounding area
• Highway issues (traffic generation, highway safety, vehicular access and parking issues)
• Noise or disturbance, smells and fumes
• Capacity of physical infrastructure (public drainage, water systems)
• Strain on social infrastructure (employment, healthcare, school spaces, community facilities)
• Impact upon protected species or trees
• Layout, design and density of buildings, their landscaping or means of enclosure

What does not count as a material planning consideration?

Generally, personal circumstances do not count as a material planning consideration. Non-material planning considerations include, but are not limited to:

• Loss of a personal view
• Effect upon property values
• Matters that are dealt with under other legislation (for example, building control legislation)
• Personal circumstances (unless exceptionally and clearly relevant (for example, provision of facilities for someone with a disability))
• Private disputes, between neighbours, about land or boundaries, maintenance, covenants, damage to property, private rights of access
• Previous breaches of planning control
• Opposition to business competition
• Factual misrepresentation of the proposed works