Planning and building

Planning and Development Services are responsible for managing a range of planning and other functions for the authority. To undertake these duties the department is divided into the following sections.

Section Main responsibilities
Planning Policy Responsible for the Blaby District Local Plan and the Blaby District Local Development Framework. The Planning Policy Team also prepares information on residential and employment land development in the District as well as responding to consultations on planning policy documents. The section is also responsible for Economic Development.
Development Control Processing planning and other applications and general advice on planning matters.
Conservation and Design Conservation Areas, Listed Buildings and Tree Preservation Orders.
Enforcement Investigating complaints about building work, changes of use of buildings and land, and monitoring planning conditions.

Public Access provides details of current planning applications which are constantly updated as well as historic ones and allows comments on current applications to be submitted online.

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