Overview

This ‘bite-sized’ webinar looks at what clerks and local councils can do when they consider a bad or unlawful planning decision has been made, including planning enforcement and planning appeals. It will explore:

  • What is a breach of planning control
  • The ‘Call-in’ of planning applications
  • Planning enforcement
  • Planning Appeals
  • Ombudsman
  • Judicial Review
  • Other recourses that are available to local councils
  • The role of clerks and local councils in all of this
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Date

Wednesday 28 May, 14:00 – 15:00

Price

Members: £30 + VAT
Non-Members: £35 + VAT

CPD points

Claim 1 CPD point for attending this webinar!

Accessing your joining link

You can now login to your SLCC portal to access training materials, including joining information, certificates, recordings, and presentations—all in one place.

We will no longer send joining instructions via email. Instead, we invite all delegates to log into their SLCC account, ‘Training & Events’ section, to access their joining link.

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“It covers many of the points we have experienced in some local planning applications/problems.”
Michael Beazley, Langford Parish Council

“As Chair of Planning, an excellent “Bite Sized” course with a presenter who obviously ‘knew his stuff’.”
Adrian Moss, Wolverton and Greenleys Town Council

About the Trainer

This webinar will be led by Andrew Towlerton, National Planning Advisor to the Society of Local Council Clerks. A qualified planner, Andrew has worked in various senior planning roles in the public and private sectors. He is also a parish clerk so is familiar with local councils.

Andrew Towlerton, National Planning Advisor

Wrong time? Wrong place?

SLCC is always keen to respond to members’ needs for training. If you would like to register an interest in having a particular course delivered via webinar or in your region, please let us know.

Expressions of Interest 2022