Planning Consultation Protocol

 
Spilsby Town Council’s Planning Consultation Protocol is detailed in the Scheme of Delegation Policy. 
 
Spilsby Town Council have a Planning Committee, consisting of 3 members. 
 
The Clerk shall circulate planning applications to all Planning Committee members electronically, or in paper format if requested.
 
Councillors may respond individually with their comments within 10 working days.
 
The Clerk shall draft a response based on member feedback and circulate with Councillors.
 
The response shall then be submitted within the statutory 21-day consultation period.
 
All responses will be reported to the next full Council meeting and recorded in the minutes.
 
In the case of a major planning application, the Clerk shall circulate the planning application to all Councillors electronically, or in paper format if requested and include on the next full Council meeting agenda for discussion, or where required, call an extraordinary meeting. 
 
Members of the public are welcome to submit their comments on planning applications to the Town Council (via the Clerk) for Councillors to consider and welcome to attend Council meetings to discuss planning applications. 
 
All planning applications can be viewed on the East Lindsey Planning Portal