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The list below is a record of advice the Planning Inspectorate has provided in respect of the Planning Act 2008 process.

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Enquiry received via email

Norfolk Vanguard View all advice for this project

17 October 2017
Jenny Smedley

Enquiry

Could you please clarify for us the position of our Parish Council in respect to the above project?
You already kindly said this in a previous email: “Parish Councils are one of the bodies we would expect the developer to engage with at the pre-application stage.” (their pre-application stage started 7th October and will run to 11th December – according to Norfolk County Council ).
However, despite this our Parish Council are still saying “"when the planning application is presented, this Council will be in a position to deliberate and make decisions", a quote from their minutes which seems to indicate that they still believe that they are not allowed to make any comments on suitability or otherwise of sitings until after planning application is put it, by which time of course it will be too late.
Could you be very kind and clarify things for us from your point of view?

Advice given

We understand from the Applicant that they have engaged fully with the local parish councils. Statutory consultation for the Norfolk Vanguard project will open on 7 November and run until 11 December 2017 and all members of the community, including parish councils, are encouraged to participate and respond to the consultation material provided by the Applicant.