Holme Valley Parish Council has agreed a new approach to how it considers planning matters. At its June meeting, the Council resolved to bring the work of the former Planning Committee to a close and to establish a new Planning Steering Group in its place.
The new Steering Group will focus on the larger or more complex planning issues that have the greatest impact on the Holme Valley, while still ensuring that any parish councillor can ask for an application to be looked at in more detail. All planning applications will continue to be circulated to all parish councillors.
All meetings of the Planning Steering Group will be open to the public, whether held online or in person. The Group will meet for the first time on Monday 29 June, via Zoom, to elect a Chair and agree its Terms of Reference. The agenda for this meeting is available on the Parish Council website.
This new structure is intended to make the Council’s planning work more flexible, responsive and efficient, while maintaining opportunities for public engagement and councillor involvement in planning matters across the Valley.