Continue to monitor and support the development of the Council’s planning team to improve the throughput and the transparency of decisions.

Encourage planning officer visits to parish council meetings to develop officer knowledge of local issues.

Increase parish council involvement in the planning process, using their local knowledge to better inform planning decisions.

Improve the training of parish and District councillors on planning matters.

Ensure that any conditions applied to successful planning applications are met, if necessary by enforcement, so that the features that make a development desirable are properly provided.

Improve safety by requiring developers to implement the recommendations of the fire & rescue service particularly sprinklers for premises in multiple occupancy.

Discourage the conversion of pubs and shops to residential properties and use the planning process to sustain and develop services in village and rural locations.
Promote low carbon eco-friendly buildings and improved levels of insulation throughout the housing stock.

Remove planning obstacles to the use of renewable energy: solar heating, solar photovoltaic cells, heat pumps, wind generators and micro-generation.

Embed sustainable drainage and 'grey water' use in the Local Development Framework so that environmentally-friendly systems are commonplace rather than exceptional.

Operate a responsive and effective enforcement service including an ‘out of hours’ facility which meets the needs of anyone reporting matters at ‘unsociable’ hours.

Adopt clearer procedures for how the Council will use parish plans, village appraisals and design statements in the planning process.