Planning & Licensing Committee Meeting

About

The Planning and Licensing Committee meets on a Monday night at 6pm every three weeks in the Atherton Suite in the Old Post Office Building on The Moor. They meet to discuss planning and licensing applications submitted within Falmouth Parish (including Budock Water).

Falmouth Town Council is a statutory consultee for all Falmouth Parish planning & licensing applications. This means that Cornwall Council, who make the final decisions on all planning and licensing applications, are legally required to consult with Falmouth Town Council before a decision is made on applications within the Parish.

However, Falmouth Town Council does not make the final decision on planning and licensing applications – these are made by Cornwall Council.

The Planning & Licensing Committee reviews each planning and licensing application against the policies in the Falmouth Neighbourhood Plan and make a recommendation for approval or refusal based on submitted plans, public comments on proposals and reports made by other departments and outside bodies where appropriate eg. the Environment Agency and Historic England. Their recommendations are then submitted to the local planning authority, Cornwall Council (CC).

This recommendation is then included in the Case Officer’s report.

Where the Town Council’s view is contrary to the Case Officer’s recommendation, the application can be called in to the Cornwall Council Planning Committee for a decision, otherwise the Case Officer will make a decision under delegated powers.

Agenda

The agenda for this meeting can be found on our Planning and Licensing Committee page up to a week before the meeting is due to take place.

Public Attendance & Speaking

Planning and Licensing meetings are open to the public and there is no need to register your attendance beforehand. For those attending the meeting, our reception on The Moor will be open to assist with any enquiries or directions upon arrival. For more information on how to find us, please visit our Opening Times and How to Find Us page.

Members of the public have the right to speak at meetings of the Planning Committee during the consideration of planning applications. The purpose of the right to speak is to give members of the public the opportunity to make their views known directly to the Committee. They can still write to the Council if they prefer, or in addition to speaking. For more detailed information please visit our Speaking at Planning and Licensing Committee Meetings page.

Further information

For more information about Planning and Licensing, including:

• pre-application information and procedures
• viewing planning applications
• supporting or opposing planning applications

please visit our Planning and Licensing Applications page.