MONDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1993
PLANNING DEPARTMENT PLEDGES EFFICIENT AND COURTEOUS SERVICES
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THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING AN EFFICIENT, COURTEOUS AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC.
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THIS WAS STATED BY THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING, DR PETER K S WHEN ANNOUNCING DETAILS OF HIS DEPARTMENT'S PERFORMANCE PLEDGES AT PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY (MONDAY).
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GENERAL ALLEGED
THE PERFORMANCE PLEDGES COVER
MAIN SERVICES INFORMATION ON PLANNING MATTERS, INVESTIGATION OF UNAUTHORISED DEVELOPMENT, PROCESSING OF DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS AND SERVICES RELATED TO THE WORK OF THE TOWN PLANNING BOARD.
ARE SET
TARGETS FOR GENERAL INFORMATION ON PLANNING MATTERS,
THE TO ANSWER STRAIGHTFORWARD ENQUIRIES IMMEDIATELY ON THE SPOT OR ON
MORE COMPLICATED PHONE, WHILE
WILL ENQUIRIES
BE ANSWERED
WITHIN THREE WORKING DAYS.
VERBAL
THREE
PUBLIC CORRESPONDENCES WILL BE ANSWERED AT LEAST WITH AN INTERIM REPLY WITHIN 10 DAYS, AND FOR COMPLICATED CASES, WITHIN WEEKS.
FOR PUBLIC REPORTS ON ALLEGED
OUT ONCE INSPECTION WILL BE CARRIED REPLY WILL BE GIVEN WITHIN FOUR WEEKS.
UNAUTHORISED DEVELOPMENT, SITE A REPORT IS RECEIVED AND A
DR PUN STRESSED THAT HIS DEPARTMENT WOULD STRIVE TO PROMPTLY PROCESS DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS FROM DEVELOPERS.
UPON RECEIVING A PROPOSAL, A WRITTEN REPLY WILL BE GIVEN WITHIN THREE MONTHS.
RESPONSE TIME
WOULD BE
THE
HOWEVER, A LONGER
IF REQUIRED PROPOSAL HAD SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ON PLANNING, TRANSPORT, ENVIRONMENT OR OTHER CONSIDERATIONS, HE NOTED.
"WE WILL FOLLOW THE PROVISIONS OF THE TOWN PLANNING ORDINANCE IN PREPARING STATUTORY PLANS AND PROCESSING PLANNING APPLICATIONS,"
OBJECTORS TO FURTHER IMPROVE THE SERVICES, APPLICANTS OR
WILL BE INFORMED IN WRITING OF THE BOARD'S DECISIONS WITHIN SEVEN WORKING DAYS FROM THE DATE
RELEVANT BOARD
MEETINGS.
OF
CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES OF
FOR STRAIGHTFORWARD CASES, VERBAL REPLIES CAN THE BOARD MEETINGS UPON REQUEST, HE ADDED.
BE GIVEN AFTER
ON APPLICATION FOR AMENDMENTS TO A STATUTORY PLAN, DR PUN
TO THE HIS DEPARTMENT WOULD SUBMIT A CASE
BOARD FOR CONSIDERATION
WITHIN THREE MONTHS.
SAID
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