Issue - meetings

Report HPR2020/33

This report provided an update on the planning appeals received and decided in the financial year 2019/2020 and included the first six months of 2020/2021 to capture the decisions of the majority of appeals made in the financial year 2019/2020.  Some charts showed a comparison of Bromley’s statistics with those nationally, however the national figures for the last quarter would not be available until November 2020.  Due to the Covid19 pandemic rules for conducting site visits, hearings and inquiries have changed.^[1]  Physical events were not being undertaken for the foreseeable future.  Wherever reasonable to do so, site visits were being arranged rather than events.  Some virtual hearings were taking place and it was hoped that the vast majority of all postponed hearings would take place as soon as possible in the following months.  In relation to planning inquiries, the inspectorate had been holding numerous case conferences with a view to turn a few into virtually held inquiries, the remaining ones would be re-arranged at the earliest opportunity.  Therefore, as a result of the difficulties in conducting site visits, hearings and inquiries there had been a delay in appeal decisions being made.

RESOLVED: That the report be noted.