Planning Applications: Proposed Changes to the Local Validation Checklist

We asked

We asked for your comments on our proposed changes to the Council’s Local Validation Checklist.

You said

We received comments from 3 individuals during the course of the 6 week consultation period. The issues raised can be summarised as follows:

• The importance of Best and Most Versatile agricultural land.
• The Local Validation Checklist has increased significantly in terms of the volume of information required to be submitted with certain planning applications, which could have an adverse impact on the time taken to validate and determine planning applications.
• Queries were raised over whether the checklist should explicitly exclude certain application types where that particular piece of information may not be required.

We did

A direct response was sent to each individual addressing the separate issues raised and seeking to provide further explanation as to the why certain information is required when submitting a planning application.

Each response was considered carefully to assess whether any further changes should be made to the checklist, however the team is satisfied that the requirements of the checklist are proportionate, reasonable, and necessary in the determination of planning applications. Therefore no further amends have been made to the checklist.

The Checklist has been approved by the Director of Regeneration and Place and is published on the website here: https://www.wirral.gov.uk/planning-and-building/planning/planning-application-forms-and-checklists