c. Making recommendations

Material considerations are matters that a planning authority should take into account and can include government policies and specific designations e.g. Area of Outstanding Beauty, listed building status.

Material considerations

• Listed building status

• Use classes (registered use of the building)

• Derelict or redundant status

• Planning policy (e.g. Planning policy statements, Development Plan, local development control policies)

• Economic issues (industrial/commercial use, traffic, jobs)

• Setting in area of ONB and related policies, including physical qualities and design

• Planning history of site

• S.106 agreements for that development

• Relationship with adjacent sites, especially ancient monuments

• Highways, access and rights of way

• Access to services

• Local views (especially if based on parish plan or design statement)

• Visual impact

• Privacy

• Noise and smell

• Related decisions

• Cumulative impact

Non-material considerations

• The applicant

• Land ownership

• Private rights

• Restrictive covenants

• Property values

• Competition or loss of view

• Construction noise

• Anti-social behaviour of applicant

• Future use

• Solely the level of objection (petitions etc.)

• Those covered by other legislation