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Planning committee and meetings

Wiltshire Council has four area planning committees and one strategic planning committee that oversee the administration of the planning process throughout the county.

To view and download past and upcoming committee meeting agendas and minutes for your area, please click on one of the links below.

• North area planning committee meeting agendas and minutes
• East area planning committee meeting agendas and minutes
• South area planning committee meeting agendas and minutes
• West area planning committee meeting agendas and minutes
• Strategic planning committee meeting agendas and minutes

Development Control have area planning committee's every three weeks, dates of upcoming commitee meetings can be found on the council committees diary page.

There are certain rules governing attendance and speaking at committees in support or against planning applications.

• Anyone wishing to speak in favour or against an application at a meeting will need to register before by either calling the Committee Administrator on 01225 713035 or in person no later than 5.50pm on the day of the meeting.
• The Chairman will allow up to 3 speakers in favour and up to 3 speakers against an application.
• Each speaker will be given up to 3 minutes and invited to speak immediately prior to the item being considered.

The rules on public participation in respect of planning applications are detailed in the Council’s Planning code of good practice 83kb for Members of Wiltshire Council.

There is also a Stategic planning committee that deals with major developments that could have an impact on local residents, more information can be found on the strategic planning committee pages

The relevant committees make decisions on those applications that have been referred to it. There are a numbers of reasons for referral but the most common are where a Councillor has requested this, or where the planning officer considers that the committee needs to make the decision. The majority of planning applications (around 95%) are decided by the planning officers under what’s known as ‘Delegated powers’.

Last updated: 1 February 2010