Development Management
The Development Management Section comes within
the Regulatory Services of Richmondshire District
Council. It is responsible for Development Control, Planning
Enforcement, Conservation and Regeneration.
Development Management is responsible
for determining and monitoring of planning applications, and
other associated applications (listed building consent,
advertisement consent etc.) submitted to the Council under the
Planning Acts.
Most building work, engineering work and use of land requires
planning permission, and the purpose of Development Management is
to ensure that the development is carried out in accordance with
local and national planning guidance. Many of the issues
relating to planning are contained on the
Department for Communities and
Local Government's website. The website also has
Planning Policy Statements and Guidance Notes which may assist
you when making planning applications. The
Richmondshire Local
Plan sets out the local policies for that part of the District
outside the Yorkshire Dales National Park. The Planning
function within the National Park lies with the National Park
Authority.
The Development Management Section is also responsible
for the administration and management of matters relating to trees
covered by Tree Preservation Orders and trees in Conservation
Areas.
This work involves the survey and inspection of trees for
inclusion in new Tree Preservation Orders as well as the
consideration of proposals by owners to fell or carry out works to
trees covered by Orders. Complaints against high hedges are
dealt with by the Development Management team.
Planning Officers are available to offer advice and guidance
if you are proposing to submit an application.
Please see our Public Access
facility for a list of recent planning
applications where you can also view relevant documents and make
comments on any current application.
About 90% of applications are approved and many are subject to
conditions. All applicants have a right of appeal against a
refusal or conditions imposed that they do not agree with.
Notes on how to appeal any decision are included on the decision
notice. There is no third party right of appeal. Unless
otherwise stated, development can begin at any time within 3
years (previously 5 years) of the date of the permission although
details set out in the conditions must be agreed beforehand.
Often other approvals are needed before work can start, e.g.
covenants on a property or Building Regulations. If these
approvals introduce significant changes to a scheme a new planning
permission may be needed. Smaller and less significant
changes can sometimes be made to a planning permission that has
already been granted through processes known as a Non Material
Amendment (for changes which have no impacts) or a Material Minor
Amendment (for changes which might affect other interests).
Telephone: 01748 829100