How we process comments and representations
Comments include material considerations, which we consider when determining planning applications. All comments provided by you are held on our system along with your contact information, if it has been provided.
In order to be transparent as a public authority we normally publish the full text of the comments you have provided and this full text is published on our public facing website. We will redact your email address and signatures but you should be careful not to provide any other personal data or special categories data (previously called sensitive personal data) about yourself in these comments which is capable of identifying you to anyone else. If you do so, you must be aware that these will be seen by the public.
If you wish to make comments providing any personal data or special categories data (previously called sensitive personal data) about yourself which is capable of identifying you then you should consider doing so only by using an alternative method. You can do this by contacting the Planning team.
We will usually provide a summary of your comments in both our delegated and committee reports as part of the decision making process. If the application is reported to committee, the committee members receive a summary of all comments in their background papers a week before the meeting.