Planning & Transportation Committee

Planning & Transportation Committee Members 2023-24

Cllr Richard Scott – Chairman

Cllr Tim Avery

Cllr Neil Marshall

Cllr Jocelyn Towns

Cllr Roger Wilson

Planning Applications

Most planning applications (although there are exceptions) are made to Buckinghamshire Council who then have responsibility to ask all interested parties (Consultees) including neighbouring properties, and the Town Council for their views on the development.

The Town Council is, therefore, a consultee. The issues the Town Council is able to consider include:

loss of privacy/impact on residential amenity
overshadowing/overbearing impact
highway safety, traffic and parking issues
noise
visual amenity/street scene
wildlife
historic buildings and conservation
flooding
design, and materials
appearance of the development
capacity of infrastructure – schools/public transport etc

Issues the Town Council is NOT able to consider include:

loss of view
effect on property values
private rights
boundary disputes, and
construction noise

Planning applications are considered at the next available Planning & Transport committee meeting, which meets on a three weekly basis. Agendas for these meetings include full details of all applications and links to the appropriate section of the Buckinghamshire Council planning portal. The decisions from these meetings are recorded as minutes on the Town Council website and also shown on the Buckinghamshire planning portal as ‘Consultee comments’.

All Planning meetings will be held at Marlow Town Council Offices at 7pm on the date scheduled.