criterion number
|
Criteria
Description |
Criteria
Definition |
| 1 |
Planning
page accessible from council home page |
Has
a direct link from the home page to the planning page(s) or
enables the user to directly locate the planning page through
a simple one-step A-Z search. |
| 2 |
Online
application register |
Online
list of planning applications lodged with the council, current
or past. At a minimum these can be static records that list
site address, application number and description of the proposed
development. Registers must be kept up to date. |
| 3 |
Can
you view application drawings & attachments? |
Enable
the user to view online any drawings, photographs and documents
accompanying a planning application |
| 4 |
Can
you view appeals? |
Record
of appeals against the Council lodged with the Planning Inspectorate.
List must give as minimum site address, ref. number & proposal
description |
| 5 |
Facility
to comment on applications? |
Representations
about individual applications can be submitted electronically.
Does not include forms that can be filled out online but have
to be printed and posted to the Council. |
| 6 |
Facility
to monitor applications online |
User
can track progress of an application from registration to
determination - provides active up-to-date information for
each current application to allow the user to check the current
stage of the application.Key dates should at least include
validation dates, consultation and advertisment dates. Stating
whether an applicatioon is recieved, pending and decided on
its own is not enough to be awarded a point.
|
| 7 |
Online
decision registers? |
Record
of applications determined by the council providing at minimum:
site address, application ref. number, description of the development
and whether permission was granted or refused. |
| 8 |
Can
the decision notice be viewed? |
The
statutory decision notice issued by the Council is available
to view in full online |
|
9
|
Are
the conditions/reasons for refusal listed? |
The
user can view conditions attached to a planning permission or
reasons for refusal for each application in full as part of
the online registers |
| 10 |
Can
Officer’s Reports be viewed? |
Electronic
versions of officer's reports for individual applications on
the committee agenda. Summarising the relevant planning issues
and making a recommendation about the decision. Reports must
be provided in full. |
| 11 |
Can
Committee meeting schedule/agenda be viewed? |
An
online agenda for forthcoming planning committee meeting. |
| 12 |
Can
records of committee meetings be viewed? |
Online
minutes from previous meetings, at a minimum the most recent |
| 13 |
Is
there online planning help-text? |
Web-based
textual planning guidance to answer basic planning enquires.
|
| 14 |
Online
application submission? |
The
process of filling out a planning application form online and
submitting it electronically either directly to the council
or via a supporting external planning site |
| 15 |
Downloadable
forms? |
Electronic
copies of standard planning forms can be downloaded and printed
from the Councils website, filled in and submitted as a paper
copy(not electronically) |
| 16 |
Can
you pay the application fee online? |
The
statutory application fee to accompany an electronically submitted
application can also be paid online |
| 17 |
Can
drawings/documents etc associated with the online application
be attached to an electronic application? |
Applicants
can submit attach documents and visual files to accompany the
application forms submitted online to the council. Guidance
on how and file type should be given |
| 18 |
Is
the development plan text available? |
Includes
either the adopted or draft deposit development plan but only
when provided in full text format. Councils providing a synopsis
of their plan, design briefs, master plans, Inspector’s
Reports or summary of the development plan review process were
not awarded a score for this criterion. |
| 19 |
Is
the proposals map available? |
The
proposal map accompanying the development plan is available
online. Can be presented as a single map or in sections but
must cover the whole borough or - in cases of remote rural areas
– the built up areas/settlements. |
| 20 |
Is
the proposals map linked to policy? |
Only
if the user can access a list of relevant policies and designations
for an individual site by clicking on that area on the proposal
map or by locating it via address or postcode search. It is
an interactive process. |
| 21 |
Is
the proposals map comprehensive and easy to use? |
Ability
to identify street names and/or locate an individual site on
the map via a postcode search or other means. Users must be
able to adequately locate and determine policy designations
for application sites - i.e. if the application site is within
a conservation area or is a special designation site. Due to
the large rural areas within National Parks, settlement maps
that are comprehensive and easy to use will be awarded a point
for the Criterion. |
