Consultation outcome

Statutory consultee performance and award of costs

• From: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
• Published: 3 July 2012
• Last updated: 18 December 2012 — See all updates

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Applies to England

This consultation has concluded

Download the full outcome

Statutory consultee performance and award of costs - summary of responses

Ref: ISBN 9781409837299

PDF, 102 KB, 13 pages

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Detail of outcome

Report summarising the key issues raised and providing a revised addendum to circular 03/09.

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Original consultation

Summary

Proposals to amend guidance on awards in appeals and other planning proceedings.

This consultation ran from
3 July 2012 to 11:45pm on 11 September 2012

Consultation description

This consultation proposes to amend guidance in Circular 03/09: Costs Awards in Appeals and Other Planning Proceedings in relation to statutory consultees and their advice at appeal.

The government also announced clarifications to the guidance in relation to local councils and their development plan, and in relation to ensuring evidence submitted at appeal is manifestly accurate and truthful. The government is also requiring the 5 main statutory bodies to report on, and be accountable for their performance on dealing with planning applications as part of their individual Improvement Plans.

A summary of responses was published on 18 December 2012. The report above summarises the key issues raised and provides a revised addendum to circular 03/09.

Documents

Statutory consultee performance and award of costs - consultation

Ref: ISBN 9781409835615

PDF, 343 KB, 31 pages

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Published 3 July 2012
Last updated 18 December 2012 + show all updates

1. 18 December 2012

   Summary of responses added.

2. 3 July 2012

   First published.