Planning

Our Planning Committee holds additional regular meetings to our Parish meetings. Please see below for the Terms of Reference.

Any interested party wishing to make representation at a Planning Committee meeting is asked to inform the Clerk in advance. Details of EWPC responses to Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council are reported in the Planning Committee minutes and can also be found here.

All applications need to have reference to our Neighbourhood Plan which can be found on the BDBC website here.

Meetings Confirmed for 2026 at Woolton Hill Church Hall 6pm

Monday 12th January

Monday 2nd February

Monday 16th February

Monday 9th March

Monday 23rd March

Monday 13th April

Tuesday 5th May

Tuesday 26th May

Monday 8th June

Monday 22nd June

Monday 13th July

Monday 27th July

Monday 17th August

Monday 7th September

Monday 21st September

Monday 5th October

Monday 26th October

Monday 9th November

Monday 30th November

Monday 14th December

All parishioners are welcome to attend planning committee meetings.

 

What are material planning considerations?

Material planning considerations are matters that are relevant when a planning decision is being made. They include, but are not limited to:

• Local, strategic and national planning policies
• Previous appeal decisions and principles of case law
• Loss of sunlight, daylight, outlook or privacy
• Design, layout and impact upon the character of the surrounding area
• Highway issues (traffic generation, highway safety, vehicular access and parking issues)
• Noise or disturbance, smells and fumes
• Capacity of physical infrastructure (public drainage, water systems)
• Strain on social infrastructure (employment, healthcare, school spaces, community facilities)
• Impact upon protected species or trees
• Layout, design and density of buildings, their landscaping or means of enclosure

What does not count as a material planning consideration?

Generally, personal circumstances do not count as a material planning consideration. Non-material planning considerations include, but are not limited to:

• Loss of a personal view
• Effect upon property values
• Matters that are dealt with under other legislation (for example, building control legislation)
• Personal circumstances (unless exceptionally and clearly relevant (for example, provision of facilities for someone with a disability))
• Private disputes, between neighbours, about land or boundaries, maintenance, covenants, damage to property, private rights of access
• Previous breaches of planning control
• Opposition to business competition
• Factual misrepresentation of the proposed works