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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