Weekly List of Valid Planning Applications

[Kintyre Forum News]

Hopefully will be able to post these on a weekly basis as we receive these. The Council normally e-mail a copy of these in Word format and we have been asking them for months if the could be converted to pdf and posted on the Council website so users can simply link to the pdf version.

Kept being told but there is a planning portal on the Council website - that is all very well, but isn't easy to use unless you know what you are looking for. (afterall it isn't everyone who knows who their community council is).

So alas this week's list was received in pdf format - a start at least! So you can see it at the following link;

http://www.visitkintyre.info/data/weekl ... -march.pdf

[kintyre56]

Thanks for posting the planning applications - an excellent idea! I have found that it is currently very difficult for the ordinary man on the street to find out about planning applications. You have to firstly know that there is a planning application, then you have to find out the number allocated by the planning department, then when you have managed to get that, you have to try and navigate your way round the planning portal on the website - not at all easy!
In my view there needs to be a system whereby planning applications are more easily accessible

[giantredwood]

http://www.argyll-bute.gov.uk/PublicAcc ... hform.aspx

[kintyre56]

That's all well and good for those that have internet access and who have the time to trawl through weekly lists to see if there is anything that might affect them but I still think it is not adequate and it excludes many folk

[maxmix]

Thanks for posting the planning applications - an excellent idea! I have found that it is currently very difficult for the ordinary man on the street to find out about planning applications. You have to firstly know that there is a planning application, then you have to find out the number allocated by the planning department, then when you have managed to get that, you have to try and navigate your way round the planning portal on the website - not at all easy!
In my view there needs to be a system whereby planning applications are more easily accessible

Very handy indeed

Nice work....

maxmix

[giantredwood]

That's all well and good for those that have internet access and who have the time to trawl through weekly lists to see if there is anything that might affect them but I still think it is not adequate and it excludes many folk

As far as I know, any applications which might be controversial or affect neighbours etc have to be published in the local press first.

[Kintyre Forum News]

That's all well and good for those that have internet access and who have the time to trawl through weekly lists to see if there is anything that might affect them but I still think it is not adequate and it excludes many folk

As far as I know, any applications which might be controversial or affect neighbours etc have to be published in the local press first.

giantredwood - may be wrong but I think it is a statutory requirement by the Council to print details of ALL planning applications in the local newspaper and send a copy of the list to the local Council Offices (Burnett Building) and the local Community Council which is responsible for that area. I'm sure someone with more informed knowledge can comment on this?

Either way we will try to publish these on here and hopefully raise the profile of any applications which are potentially controversial etc

[Kintyre Forum News]

Please find beneath the link for the Weekly List of Valid Planning Applications for this week. (19th March 2010)

If you have any queries regarding any of the applications, please email centralvalidationteam@argyll-bute.gov.uk


http://www.visitkintyre.info/data/weekl ... rch-10.pdf

[kintyre56]

I thought I read in the news that Councils were proposing to stop publishing planning applications in the local papers and that they would then only be available on line - sensible for saving money of course but excluding anyone who isn't an internet user.

[Kintyre Forum News]

I thought I read in the news that Councils were proposing to stop publishing planning applications in the local papers and that they would then only be available on line - sensible for saving money of course but excluding anyone who isn't an internet user.

Hi kintyre56,

The SNP backed down on their plans to remove public information notices from newspapers on Wednesday last week. A sensible move but it did highlight the ridiculous amount of money the Councils pay to the newspapers for public notices. Local newspapers should run more editorials on public notices highlighting Planning Applications instead of merely copying and pasting the notices into their papers and earning a fortune.

The current set-up excludes many who do not purchase local newspapers too and as you touched on earlier on the whole process should be reviewed to ensure more people are aware of public information.

The following article appeared in the Stirling Observer this week.

http://www.stirlingobserver.co.uk/stirl ... -26060055/

MINISTERS at Holyrood have backed down over plans to remove public information notices from newspapers such as the Stirling Observer.

Instead, the SNP Government is seeking alternatives to help councils reduce spending on advertising to redirect cash back into services.

The decision was announced this week after Scotland’s newspaper groups, including Observer company Scottish and Universal Newspapers, jointly opposed the move, supported along the way by readers and community councils.

The planned alternative to notices in our pages – using the Internet – was ruled out in the face of this opposition and a lack of support by politicians sitting in Edinburgh.

As things stand public information notices legally have to be published.

During an eight-week consultation, ministers said they had listened to the views of councils, the public, MSPs and the newspaper industry, and had decided not to go ahead with the plan.

But the Scottish Government said it would continue to develop the online advertising portal for the public sector in line with portals such as myjobscotland.gov.uk which advertises public sector jobs.

John Swinney, Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth, said: “We recognise this decision will be disappointing to councils, who wanted us to take action to help them at a time of spending constraints.

“We will continue working in partnership with local government and the wider public sector to support the use of the on-line portal to supplement newspaper adverts, and help realise the additional benefits offered by the portal to its users.

“But those who have opposed this move must recognise they have a duty to take a constructive role in creating the means by which local authorities can make economies in the future.”

[History]

A sensible move but it did highlight the ridiculous amount of money the Councils pay to the newspapers for public notices.

I think you will find that the applicant is charged a set fee for advertising their application and if the advert is more then they will be billed by the council for the difference.

[Malky]

I think you will find that the applicant is charged a set fee for advertising their application and if the advert is more then they will be billed by the council for the difference.

Aye that's right, the applicant pays.

[Kintyre Forum News]

A sensible move but it did highlight the ridiculous amount of money the Councils pay to the newspapers for public notices.

I think you will find that the applicant is charged a set fee for advertising their application and if the advert is more then they will be billed by the council for the difference.

Hi History, good point but I was referring to public notices in general - vacancies, road closures etc Anything that the Council prints in the papers costs a small fortune.

[History]

Hi History, good point but I was referring to public notices in general - vacancies, road closures etc Anything that the Council prints in the papers costs a small fortune.

KFN, speaking of road closures I hope everyone remembers that the road between Inverneil and Tarbert is closed from 10pm - 6am every night. Not sure how long it is to last but it will mean a 30 mile diversion round Kilberry for anyone travelling within that time frame. I believe there is to be some sort of "Amnesty" for lorries around midnight? Not sure if that's correct.

Completely off topic but I came down that way tonight and the part they are to work on is absolutely autrocius.

[Kintyre Forum News]

Please find attached the Weekly List of Valid Planning Applications for this week. (26th March 2010)

If you have any queries regarding any of the applications, please email centralvalidationteam@argyll-bute.gov.uk

http://www.visitkintyre.info/data/Weekl ... rch-10.pdf

Kintyre applications are at the end