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Address of the local authority department dealing with the application, as stated on the site notice/neighbour notification/newspaper advertisement for the planning application, and the date:
To: The Planning Officer
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<Insert> Name of planning officer dealing with case:
For the attention of <insert name>, case officer
Dear Sir / Madam
Reference:
PLANNING APPLICATION NO XX/XXXX
One-line summary including what the application proposes, where it is (the site) and who is proposing it (the applicant):
e.g. Proposed erection of five houses adjacent to Manor Farm, Back Lane, Small Bere, by Mr E Preneur
Interest and general line of person making representation:
e.g. I write in connection with the above planning application. I have examined the plans and I know the site well: I live adjacent to it/ I walk regularly by the site/ I use the site/I overlook the site etc. I wish to object/comment/support the development of these houses in this location.
If you feel that a proposed development would be in breach of/support a national (National Planning Policy Framework), strategic or local policy ( Cornwall Local Plan or Neighbourhood Plan), then it might be useful to draw attention to it.
e.g. The proposed development with it’s use of materials including brick and red tiles, is out of keeping with buildings in Small Bere, which are predominantly finished in stone and with slate roofs. It is important to protect the area’s character, with national and local policy highlighting this. For example the protection of Small Bere's visual, historic and archaeological qualities is supported by Policy ‘X’ in the emerging Local Plan for Cornwall, ‘Saved’ Policy ‘Y’ from the Interim and Adopted Policies and paragraph 64 of the National Planning Policy Framework states that permission should be refused for development of poor design that fails to take the opportunities available for improving the character and quality of an area.
In addition Policy ‘Z’ from the emerging Small BereNeighbourhood Plan, talks about the importance of design and preserving the character of the area.
Reference to material considerations: these should relate to the development and use of land and should relate to the particular application
e.g. The proposed development is ‘x’ meters away from my property boundary and will over-shadow my garden and my house, blocking out natural light (as the development will be to the south).
There are windows shown in the east elevation of the proposed dwellings that will overlook my garden and patio - which I use for outdoor entertaining. Therefore, the proposed development will result in a loss of privacy.
State which aspects of the proposal you would like changed and how
e.g. If the windows at first floor level overlooking my property were removed or fitted with obscure glazing permanently, this would reduce overlooking of my garden and make the scheme more acceptable.
State what you think the balance of planning should conclude.
Yours sincerely,