Committee on Standards in Public Life: Standards of conduct of local government in England, Scotla…
R3-38
Published July 1997
Response position and delivery status are recorded separately. Acceptance does not establish implementation.
Recommendation (the Committee's words)
The Government should require authorities to notify the appropriate Secretary of State of all planning applications in which they have an interest, either in the development or in the land, either where the proposed development is contrary to the local plan, or has given rise to a level of objections regarded by the appropriate Secretary of State as substantial.
From: Committee on Standards in Public Life, Standards of conduct of local government in England, Scotland and Wales, July 1997