Planning

The Parish Council is a statutory consultee in the planning process and must be informed of all planning applications, and any amendments to those applications, within the parish. 

The Parish Council can only comment on these planning applications in the same way as any other member of the public, however, any comments must be agreed during a properly called public council meeting.

Applications are normally considered at bi-monthly scheduled meetings. In instances where this is not possible, due to the closing date being imminent, a special planning meeting will be convened.

Members of the public attending the meeting can comment, speak in support of or object to any application during the ‘Open Forum’ segment of the meeting, but not during the council’s deliberations. However, they may be asked to provide clarity on details of the application during the deliberations at the invitation of the person chairing the meeting.

Comments agreed in the council meeting are submitted in writing by the Parish Clerk to East Suffolk.

Please remember that the Parish Council is only a consultee and counts as one opinion. Comments in response to a planning application can only be based on planning matters. Where possible we will quote polices in the Bredfield Neighbourhood Plan as these are the starting point for considering the merits of any application.

Whilst the East Suffolk planning authority must consider the representations of Bredfield Parish Council this does not mean that an application will be decided in accordance with the views of Bredfield Parish Council.