Please Note: This is a 2009 blog post to local authorities about how best to use Lawful Development Certificates.
If you’ve arrived via Google or another search engine looking for basic information about a Lawful Development Certificate and what they do, you can find this information on the Planning Portal.
I had a very interesting conversation yesterday re the use of Lawful development certificates. More accurately the chat was mostly about how they could be used far more than they are currently. With my CLG hat firmly on we are trying hard to deliver an understandable planning process and reduce the burden on citizens who wish to make improvements to their homes.
We’re currently thinking about our objectives for the next 12 months and reflecting what went well and didn’t for the last 12.
Clearly we’ll continue to focus on increasing the number of planning applications submitted electronically and we’ll be pushing hard for take-up of the e-Consultation Hub but aside from that where do you think we should be focusing.
Back to planning after my diversions into cyberspace and a topic that’s never been hotter – efficiency and a bit about holding on to planning jobs.
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I’ve just been looking at the Lichfield DC website and was mightily impressed. It looks great and has found a brilliant use for Twitter.
As we’re looking for the best local planning sites I’d be very interested to hear your opinions on the what makes a good local authority planning website.
Hi, as promised I now have a proper blog, one which will allow you to respond openly to my comments and discuss in a hopefully positive and constructive way anything that relates to our business.
This isn’t my personal soapbox and I’ll try to refrain from musings on unrelated matters such as progress on my golf handicap or diet (going well by the way).
I can’t get into open discussions about individual planning applications otherwise I’d do nothing else, but if there is anything you would like a personal answer on you’ll see my email link on the left.
Hello again. As I’ve mentioned in a couple of earlier posts the site is currently undergoing a major update of supporting IT (who cares? I hear you shout) – you should, I retort, because without it we can’t deal with the growing traffic and service improvements you need.
More visible, though, will be the redesign that follows a little later so I thought I’d keep you in the loop with progress as we go.
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