Public
speaking at meetings of the Planning Committee
In
relation to planning applications, there are three categories of
speaker per application: objector, supporter and
applicant/agent.
Registration to speak
A
person who wishes to speak at a Planning Committee must register
their wish to do so between 6pm and 7pm on the evening of the
meeting at the Town Hall reception desk.
Normally, in addition to the applicant/agent, only one member of
the public may speak for or against a single
application.
Registration will normally be on a first come, first served
basis, but an individual may choose to waive this right in favour
of someone who attempted to register at a later
time.
Alternatively, several members of the public may appoint one
person to speak on their behalf.
Procedure
during the meeting
Speakers shall be called in the order
of (1) objector (2) supporter (3) applicant/agent.
A
speaker shall have a maximum of three minutes to address the
Committee and must confine their remarks to the application upon
which they requested to speak. The address shall be in the form of
a statement, not attempts to question the applicant or other
person, but may address issues raised by other speakers.
The
applicant/agent shall be given an amount of time equal to the
amount of time allocated to the all the
objectors.