At the meeting the Committee Members discuss each report in turn. An officer will introduce each item with a short presentation.
The Committee vote either to grant planning permission, with or without conditions or refuse planning permission.
Some applications are deferred if Councillors want more information about a proposal or if they want to have a site inspection themselves. If this happens it is usual for the application to be referred back to the next meeting of the Development Management Committee.
Reasons have to be given for the conditions or for refusal. These are included on the decision notice, which is sent to the applicant after a decision has been made.
A record of all decisions is maintained on the planning register.
The Committee's decision
After the meeting, details of the decisions can be found on this website on PublicAccess (please have the planning reference to hand).
The decisions usually will be updated on the day after the meeting but it is advisable to wait until at least 12 noon so that the database can be updated, alternatively you can contact the Planning team.