Individual Government Offices have Planning Casework teams which, on behalf of the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, deal with decisions on whether to call-in planning applications referred under the Departure, Green Belt, Shopping, Flooding and Playing Field Directions and requests to call-in, for her own determination.
More information on the national picture
Local authorities may require developers to provide an
environmental impact assessment (EIA) in support of a
planning application for development or change of use, which is likely to
have a significant effect on the environment. Developers or other
interested parties may appeal through us to the Secretary of State, if they
disagree with the local authority's decision on whether an EIA is needed
and, if so, on its scope.
GOWM continues to handle private listed building applications for the West
Midlands region which the local planning authority are required to send to
us in certain circumstances under the terms of Circular 08/2009. However, to ensure that Government
Offices continue to offer an efficient and quality service, most other
statutory planning casework is now handled by centralised teams across
the Government Office network and Planning Inspectorate. The national
arrangements for dealing with that casework are as follows:-
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Listed Building
Consents (Local Planning Authority Applications), Article 4
Directions
Completion
Notices
Modification
Orders
Revocation
Orders
Discontinuance
Orders Conservation Area Consents, Statutory Allotments
Disposals, 1938 Green Belts Act cases
Public Requests to
Order Disposals
(PRODS)
National and West Midlands
Planning Casework Team
Government Office for the West Midlands
5 St Philip’s Place
Colmore Row
BIRMINGHAM
B3 2PW
Contact: 0121 352
5050
Fax: 0121 352 5578
Website:
www.gos.gov.uk/gowm/Planning
Email:
WMPlanning@gowm.gsi.gov.uk
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Planning and
Housing Compulsory Purchase Orders
Section 19
Certificates
Less-than-best
Consideration Land
The National Unit for Land
Acquisition
Planning and Housing Division
Government Office for London
Riverwalk House
157-161 Millbank
LONDON SW1P 4RR
Contact: 0207 217 3130
Website:
www.gos.gov.uk/gol/Planning/Planningcasework
Email:
enquiries-planning@gol.gsi.gov.uk
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Transport stopping
up Orders (Sections 247 and 248 of the Town and Country
Planning Act 1990)
Pedestrianisation
cases (s 249)
Extensions to
Orders/Consents (Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984)
Classification/Reclassification of Local Authority
Highways
Rare Transport
Cases
The
National Transport Casework Team
Government Office for the North East
Citygate
Gallowgate
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
NE1
4WH
Contact:
0191 202 3686
Fax: 0191 202 3744
Website:
http://www.gos.gov.uk/gone/national_functions
Email:
casework@gone.gsi.gov.uk
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Tree Preservation
Order Appeals and Tree Replacement Notice
Appeals
The
Environment Team
The Planning Inspectorate
Room 4/04, Kite Wing
Temple Quay House
2 The Square
Temple Quay
BRISTOL BS1 6PN
Contact: 0117 372
6382
Fax: 0117 372 6241
Website:
www.planning-inspectorate.gov.uk
Email:
environment.appeals@pins.gsi.gov.uk
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Recovered appeals and called-in applications after public inquiry stages
are now the responsibility for the Planning Central Casework Division in
the Department for Communities and Local Government.
Further information about allotments and how we assess applications can be
found here.
