The Planning Interactive’ is a free on-line Internet service that enables you to access planning information held the Council’s computerised planning systems. Our Planning Interactive service has been designed to be comprehensive and easy to use. Information and Help options are provided for each page and it is recommended these be checked before proceeding. However, before starting off it is necessary for all users to agree to our terms and conditions of use, summarised below
1. General disclaimer as regards land and property information provided
Whilst every care has been taken to ensure the accuracy and the completeness of the information held on this system, neither can be guaranteed. You are recommended to check before acting on the information supplied.
Please note that all address based information held on this system may not match the National Gazetteer of addresses and hence cannot be relied upon for the purposes of address based searching.
2. Copyright must be adhered to.
Further copies may not be made without prior permission of the copyright owner.
Plans, drawings and material submitted to the Council are protected by the Data Protection Act and the Copyright Act and are provided under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Under these Acts you may only use material which is downloaded and/or printed in order to:-
In
general, the owner of plans and elevations will be the applicant and/or agent,
and Ordnance Survey in the case of maps and site plans.
The Data Protection
Act 1998 imposes restrictions on the ways in which the Council can hold and
deal with personal data such as names, addresses, telephone numbers, fax numbers,
email addresses etc. In compliance with the requirements of the Act, the general
provision of personal details on our web site has been kept to a practicable
minimum. Accordingly, any personal information provided on our web site is
not to be used for any purpose other than the uses stated above. Hence our
search engines do not offer the option to search on the name of the applicant.
Moreover, following
government requirements, personal information held on our databases (such
as applicant names) are taken off our site once a decision has been issued.
Our web based
mailing lists are continuously cleansed, we remove personal information every
6 months from the date you signed up. As appropriate we provide an advice
note on all our contacts with agents, applicants and the public as follows:-
All
representations received by the Council commenting on any planning application
will normally be scanned and made available to the general public on our website.
If you wish to comment on a planning application, you may prefer that certain
personal details, such as your private telephone number and e-mail address,
are not published on the Internet, in which case you should ensure that such
details are not contained in your comments.
Please note,
however, that if your comments do not contain your name and address they will
be treated as an anonymous and given little weight.
However, having
regard to the Freedom of Information Act 2000, all Planning Register information
relating to an application such as application forms, plans, drawings etc,
together with 3rd party letters, faxes and emails etc, are generally available
for public viewing at The Civic Centre without restriction. The only exceptions
relate to matters that in our judgment are of a personal nature or defamatory
or otherwise in breach of the law.
Before you will be able to view the data we provide please action the ‘I agree’ and the ‘Submit’ button to acknowledge that you agree to and will abide by this agreement, Copyright controls, Freedom of Information Act and Data Protection Act as further detailed through the links where provided