Development Control Committee

The Development Control committee is responsible for making decisions on the bigger and more sensitive planning applications received by the council. For more information on types of planning applications that will be decided by the Development Control committe please view the Scheme of Delegations webpage.

The committee usually meets every 3rd Tuesday evening at 5.30pm in the Council House, Lichfield Street, Walsall.

The committee is made up of 20 councillors, one from all the wards in the borough. The remaining applications are determined by the Head of Planning & Building Control, under delegated powers.

You are welcome to attend this committee and listen to the debate, or you can book yourself in to speak directly to the councillors who make the decisions on planning applications. Please take a look at the planning committee public speaking procedure.

• View our planning committee public speaking procedure

If you decide to attend the development control committee, copies of the agenda will be provided. In this there are reports of the planning applications that are to be decided at that meeting.

Not all of the reports are discussed in detail. Only those applications that have public speakers and where members of the committee need clarification of the issues raised in the report are usually discussed before a decision is made.

Sometimes decisions on applications are deferred so that further information can be obtained or if the committee want to visit the site before making a decision on an application.

Committee dates and agendas

Please click on those dates underlined to view or download the agenda.

Development Control Committee will be held on 08 January 2008

• View the 08th January 2008 agenda (PDF 1.32MB)
  Last updated on 19 December 2007

Development Control Committee will be held on 29 January 2008

• View the 29th January 2008 agenda (PDF 4.25MB)
  Last updated on 22 Jamuary 2008

Development Control Committee will be held on 19 February 2008

• View the 19th February 2008 agenda (PDF 5.00MB)
  Last updated on 11 February 2008

Development Control Committee will be held on 11 March 2008

• View the 11th March 2008 agenda (PDF 5.42MB)
  Last updated on 29 February 2008

Development Control Committee will be held on 1 April 2008

• View the 01st April 2008 agenda (PDF 2.26MB)
  Last updated on 18 March 2008

Development Control Committee will be held on 22 April 2008
Reports will be available on 15 April 2008

Committee members, minutes and reports

• Committee members, minutes and reports 2007/08
• Committee members, minutes and reports 2006/07
• Committee members, minutes and reports 2005/06