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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1991
SO FAR ON
OUTLINING THE MAIN POINTS OF THE COMMENTS RECEIVED
OF THE CONSULTATIVE DOCUMENT, MR BARNES SAID THE VIEWS REFLECTED MANY
WEIGHTING GIVEN BY THE ADMINISTRATION'S DILEMMAS BUT WITH DIFFERENT DIFFERENT PARTIES.
CONSULTATION,
ON THE ISSUE OF PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT AND MOST PEOPLE SEEMED TO BE IN FAVOUR OF A MORE OPEN AND FAIRER SYSTEM.
HE SAID PLANNING
TOWN
"AS A FIRST STEP IN THE MOVE TOWARDS A FAIRER STATUTORY SYSTEM,
SET UP UNDER THE WILL SOON BE AN INDEPENDENT APPEAL BOARD PLANNING (AMENDMENT) (NO. 2) ORDINANCE 1991," MR BARNES SAID.
WILL COME THE BOARD, WITH ITS OWN APPEALS REGULATIONS,
CONSIDER 18 TO
APPEALS AGAINST THE ON NOVEMBER OPERATION PLANNING BOARD'S DECISIONS ON SECTION 16 APPLICATIONS.
INTO
TOWN
PROPOSED ΤΟ EXTEND THE AGAINST THE
IN THE CONSULTATIVE DOCUMENT, IT WAS
DEAL
APPEALS WITH APPEAL BOARD TO FUNCTIONS OF THE
AND ΤΟ CONSIDER OBJECTIONS PROPOSED PLANNING AUTHORITY'S DECISIONS
GOVERNOR AND REPRESENTATIONS ON STATUTORY PLANS REFERRED TO IT BY THE IN COUNCIL.
FOR A MORE OPEN AND "WHILE THERE IS GENERAL PUBLIC SUPPORT
AND LANDOWNERS
DEVELOPERS ARE FAIRER STATUTORY PLANNING SYSTEM,
CAUSED CONCERNED ABOUT THE POSSIBLE DELAY AND UNCERTAINTY THAT MAY BE TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.
"ONE
DEVELOPMENT
OF THEIR CONTROL
WORRIES RELATES
PLAN DURING THE
A PROPOSAL
TO
THE PROPOSED INTERIM
AND EXHIBITION INTENDED TO MAKE THE ** HE SAID.
OBJECTION
EXISTING
CONSIDERATION PERIOD
PROCEDURES FAIRER TO THE OBJECTORS,
TO STRIKE A BALANCE BETWEEN THE DIFFERENCE IN VIEWS, SAID IT WAS PROPOSED TO SPEED UP THE OBJECTION PROCESS BY
STATUTORY THE OBJECTION HEARING PROCEDURES AND IMPOSING
ON VARIOUS
PROCESSES.
STAGES OF THE PLAN-MAKING
AND PLANNING
MR BARNES SIMPLIFYING TIME LIMITS APPLICATION
NOTIFICATION OF OBJECTIONS HE ADDED THAT THE PROPOSED PUBLIC RECEIVED WOULD ALSO SERVE AS A DISINCENTIVE TO VEXATIOUS OBJECTIONS.
AS REGARDS THE PROPOSED PLANNING CERTIFICATE SYSTEM,
AN ADDITIONAL POINTED OUT THAT IT WAS NOT INTENDED TO BE THE APPROVAL OF DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS.
NEW
REQUIREMENTS
MR BARNES HURDLE IN
INCLUDED IN HITHERTO BERN
HE EXPLAINED THAT THE PLANNING REQUIREMENTS TO BE
AND HAD THE CERTIFICATE WERE NOT ENFORCED THROUGH THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE IN AN INDIRECT WAY.
OF FUNCTIONS PLANNING
"THE NEW PROPOSAL ONLY INVOLVES A REDISTRIBUTION AND RESPONSIBILITIES BETWEEN THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE AND THE ORDINANCE, RESULTING IN CLEARER LEGISLATIVE PURPOSE AND AUTHORITY.
/"BY GIVING