Ferndale Matters
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Timeline

The application sat for almost seven months before it was validated, and the signed form appeared only two weeks before the decision date.

  1. Tree report written for an earlier scheme

    The tree constraints report later submitted with this application is prepared for a proposal to redevelop the site.

  2. Application received

    The council receives the application.

  3. Application form signed and drawings published

    The form, Design and Access Statement and drawings P001 to P007 are dated or published.

  4. Tree documents and Proposal Overview added

    The 2024 tree constraints report, the tree constraints plan and a one-page Proposal Overview are added to the file.

  5. Occupancy and nitrogen statements added

    The occupancy calculation, the one-page nitrogen statement and the tree survey are added to the file.

  6. Application validated

    Almost seven months after it was received. The occupancy letter and CIL Form 2 are published the same day.

  7. Governance Committee backs ending councillor call-in

    The committee recommends constitution changes for the national scheme of delegation. The report says the new rules “prohibit Councillors ‘calling-in’ applications”.

  8. First public objection published; CIL Form 1 added

    A neighbouring household’s objection is published. CIL Form 1, which declares 26 m² of new floorspace, is added.

  9. Redacted application form published

    Eight months after it was signed, and two weeks before the scheduled decision.

  10. Full Council votes on the new rules

    At 5.30pm. If agreed, ward councillors lose the power to call applications in. The report does not say whether this starts straight away or on 31 October.

  11. Consultation due to end

    Objections, and any councillor request for the Planning Committee to decide, need to be in by now. The earliest decision date is 15 October.

  12. Planning Committee meets

    1 Ferndale only appears if it has been called in.

  13. National scheme of delegation starts

    From this date, 1 Ferndale could only reach the committee if the head of planning and the committee chairman agree it passes the “gateway test”.