POS Response to Publicity for Planning Applications Consultation

EXTRACT

The Planning Officers Society welcomes the Government decision to review the current requirements for publicising planning applications. The Society is a keen advocate of public involvement in the planning process. However, current inflexible requirements mean that local planning authorities have to spend millions of pounds of taxpayer's money on ineffective methods of advertising what may often be very small scale proposals of limited interest. In the current financial climate, this inefficient use of public money can no longer be afforded and the Society believes that the compulsory requirement to advertise   planning applications in local newspapers should be removed.

The Consultation Paper calls for evidence on the case for or against a possible change in the regulatory framework (paragraph 24). The Society believes that the evidence for change is now irrefutable and sets out the case for it below, before responding to the more specific consultation questions.

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