Anyone who has felt dismay on reading a council’s 30-item planning application validation list will cheer the appellant who challenged the need for a particular item at appeal. And won.
In this case, relating to a proposal for two dwellings in north Wales (DCS Number 400-029-403), the planning authority demanded handed plans of the proposed dwellings and associated double garage. Appealing the council’s notice of invalidity, the appellant maintained that a planning department should not require identical mirrored plans, and it was therefore unreasonable to identify such plans as a validation requirement.