Planning Board Reports and Information

• Planning Board Meetings
• Planning Board Reports 2008
• Will my application go before a Planning Board?
• How can I get a householder planning application to go before the Planning Board?
• Can I attend Planning Board, and if so, am I able to speak?
• Special Interest
• Members of Planning Board
• Who is my local Councillor?

A timetable of the forthcoming Planning Board dates is set out below. More complex planning applications and those where objections have been received, are usually reported to the Planning Board for a decision.

Planning Board Meetings

(All meetings commence at 10.30am, in the Crown Plaza Hotel, Chester) 

2008

• 3 December 2008 (Wednesday)

2009

• 7 January 2009 (Wednesday)
• 28 January 2009 (Wednesday)
• 11 March 2009 (Wednesday)
• 1 April 2009 (Wednesday)
• 22 April 2009 (Wednesday)

Planning Board Reports 2008

You can see the papers that will be shown to the Board about your application, these will be available at least five working days before the meeting is held. To view the reports please click the relevant link from the list below.

If you would like to view the Agendas, Minutes and Reports for Planning Board and other Council Committees, Boards, Panels and Meetings you can use the Committee Systems Search page.

All of the below Planning Board Reports are PDF downloads.

• Planning Board Report 9 January 2008 (173kb)
• Planning Board Report 30 January 2008 (327kb)
• Planning Board Report 5 March 2008 (294kb)
• Planning Board Report 2 April 2008 (291kb)
• Planning Board Report 23 April 2008 (203kb)
• Planning Board Report 21 May 2008 (230kb)
• Planning Board Report 25 June 2008 (261kb)
• Planning Board Report 23 July 2008 (320kb)
• Planning Board Report 10 September 2008 (1Mb)
• Planning Board Report 1 October 2008 (322kb)
• Planning Board Report 29 October 2008 (336kb)
• Planning Board Report 3 December 2008 (347kb)

To see information for 2007 view the Planning Archive pages, which include planning applications, planning appeals, planning board reports and planning decisions.

Will my application go before a planning board?

The majority of planning applications do not go before the council's planning board. More complex planning applications and those where objections have been received, are usually reported to the Planning Board for a decision.  The public may see the papers that will be shown to the Planning Board about the applications and these are available for inspection at our offices, for at least five working days before the meeting is held. To view the Planning Board Reports select the relevant month from the list.

You are welcome to attend the Planning Board meeting and listen, although you are unable to participate in the debate.  If you do attend the meeting, please arrive by 10.15am and advise the Clerk of the item you are interested in and it will be considered as early as possible.

How can I get a householder planning application to go before the planning board?

If there is a householder planning application you would like to see go before planning board then you must get in contact with your local councillor. They must contact us to request the application goes before planning board within 28 days of the application being received.

Can I attend Planning Board, and if so, am I able to speak?

Yes, members of the public can attend but currently, the Council do not allow people to make public addresses. This will be changing soon and the details will be made available for the September meeting.

If you would like to view the Agendas, Minutes and non Planning Application Reports for Planning Board and other Council Committees, Boards, Panels and Meetings you can use the Committee Systems Search page.

Members of the Planning Board

• Andrew Storrar (Chair) - Conservative - Saughall
• Barbara Roberts (Deputy) - Conservative - Tarvin
• Ann Wright - Conservative - Malpas
• Razia Daniels - Conservative - Handbridge & St Mary's
• Terri Gray - Conservative - Newton Brook
• Max Drury - Independent - Curzon & Westminster
• Hilarie McNae - Conservative - Upton Grange
• Gwyneth Cooper - Labour - City & St Anne's
• Barry Cowper - Labour - Elton
• Sandra Rudd (S) - Labour - College
• Jim Latham - Liberal Democrat - Boughton Heath
• Paul Cheetham - Liberal Democrat- Vicars Cross
• David Hull (S) - Liberal Democrat- Hoole Groves

Who is my local Councillor?

Find out who your local councillor is and how to contact them by visiting the Councillor's information pages.

Contact Details

Planning - Development Control

Email - planning@chester.gov.uk

Opening hours - 8.30am - 4.45pm

Phone number - 01244 402404

Fax - 01244 320946

Address - Development Control, Development Directorate, Chester City Council, The Forum, Chester, CH1 2HS