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Project Teams and Major Planning Applications
Introduction
Havant Borough Council uses Project Teams to deal
with major planning applications. They are normally set up at the
pre-application stage and then continue through the determination
period and thereafter if required.
As a general rule Project Teams will be set up
for:
- those applications defined as significant in the
Statement Of Community Involvement (more than 50 dwellings, 5,000
square metres of employment floorspace, 2,500 square metres of
retail floorspace and 1,000 square metres of leisure floorspace).
[Please note; these definitions might change as
the
LDF
process
continues]
- other sites subject to site specific policies in
the Development Plan or any other Local Development Framework
document.
The main aim is to ensure that any development
proposal is handled in a timely and open manner with the full
involvement of all interested parties.
The membership of a project team
All Project Teams will normally be led by the Development
Control Manager who should be contacted at an early stage by an
applicant or agent if development falling within the defined
categories is being proposed. If a relevant application is received
with no prior involvement the relevant case officer will advise the
Development Control Manager.
The membership of a project team will be split
into;
- the core team that will comprise the Development
Control Manager, the case officer, an officer from planning policy,
an officer from landscape and urban design and a highways
officer,
- the support team that will have a wider
membership of internal and external consultees, any consultants
employed by the Council and the community (Community Board and/or
Residents Associations) with this membership reflecting the exact
nature of the application or development proposed,
- the applicant and their representatives or
professional agents.
The project planning process
The case officer will be responsible for deciding the membership
of the support team and the frequency of meetings for both it and
the core team and will arrange the meetings. They will also ensure
the process is properly documented and action points followed up.
It is important that adequate reporting mechanisms exist to steer
the work of these groups so the Development Control Manager will
discuss progress on current projects at his fortnightly meetings
with the Head of Development & Technical Services and the
regular overall current project meetings.