Areas of responsibility
The
Major Applications team is responsible for
dealing with:
- major applications including reserved matters and approval of
details within these geographical areas.
- all London Thames Gateway Development Corporation
applications.
- Olympics Delivery Authority referrals where the Borough is
consulted on an Olympics application.
- applications for Zone 1 Stratford City, where the ODA defer the
application back to London Borough of Newham as Local Planning
Authority.
- appeals associated with major applications.
A major application is defined as
either:
small scale: 10-199 dewllings or over 1000sq
m up to 9999sq m residential floorspace.
large scale: 200 plus dweliings or 10,000sq m floorspace.
The
All Borough team is responsible for dealing
with:
- all minor/non major applications in the Borough
- major applicaitons that fall outside the Major applications
team geographic area.
- appeals arising from applications dealt with by the team.
A minor application is defined as:
up to 9 dwellings for 1000sq m floospace, which would include
general householder applications.
The Enforcement Team is responsible for investigating
breaches of planning control, including unauthorised changes of use
& building works.
- non-compliance with conditions of a planning permission.
- unauthorised development, including changes of use, with
respect to Listed Buildings.
- unauthorised development, including changes of use, within a
conservation area.
- unauthorised erection of advertising devices.
- derelict buildings and untidy land.
- all reports relating to alleged breaches are dealt with strict
confidentiality and impartiality.
- all enforcement related matters
Please note, all reports relating to alleged breaches are dealt
with strict confidentiality and impartiality.
The
Urban Design & Heritage Conservation team is
responsible for dealing with:
- design and heritage matters.
- conservation areas.
- specialist input into Newham's development control, forward
planning and planning policy functions.
Both the Majors appication and All Borough teams are
responsible for:
- taking forward pre-application discussions in the Borough
through the formal pre-application service that the Borough
operates.
- negotiating and drafting main elements of s.106 legal
agreements.
Duty Officer & Pre-application
service
The Council operates a general advisory service for applicants and
members of the public. A duty planner is available during normal
working hours to give general procedural and other advice, or to
answer any site-specific, factual matters. The duty planner will
not normally be in a position to discuss specific proposals and is
available to give more general advice only. Please contact Planning
reception on Tel: 020 8430 2000 and ask for the duty planner.
A pre-application service is also available to discuss specific
ideas and proposals in advance of submission. Earlier this year,
the London Borough of Newham introduced a charging system for
pre-application advice on medium, larger and more complex cases.
The Council offers free advice for other domestic and
small-scale applications. More information on the
formal pre-application advice system and
charges
Meet the Development Control Managers
and their Teams, reviewing the borough map for team area
split.
If you wish to find out who the planning officer is
for a specific planning application, you can find this using
Public Access.
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