The Parish Council receives copies of planning applications within its area, and are given up to 21 days to make comments to the Planning Authority, South Gloucestershire Council.
Individuals may also make comments direct to the Planning Authority, either online or by in writing to:
Strategic Planning,
South Gloucestershire Council,
Department for Environment and Community Services,
PO Box 1594,
Bristol,
BS37 0DD
Telephone: 01454 868004 Email: planningapplications@southglos.gov.uk
The Parish Council may also make comments on applications outside its boundaries that are thought to particularly affect the Parish.
Current applications, including plans, may be viewed on the South Gloucestershire web site. On occasion there can be some confusion as to the parish council’s role concerning applications for planning permission. Firstly residents should be aware that all planning decisions are made by South Gloucestershire Council and not the parish council. Accordingly if you wish to comment on an application to those who decide it you must do so directly to South Gloucestershire Council within the specified time.
The parish council is a statutory consultee in the planning process and is sent all applications within the parish upon which it can comment. If you wish to bring your own views on a planning application to the attention of the parish council, prior to it considering the application at its meeting, these need to be sent to the Clerk to the council as soon as possible. The parish council has to keep to the same response times to South Gloucestershire Council as everyone else.
Residents should remember that they can also raise their comments on a particular application directly with their South Gloucestershire Councillor, John O’Neill – again within those all important time limits. Time is very much the key to have your voice properly heard.
View Planning Applications
Please note that the links on this page take you to the South Gloucestershire Council website, which is out of our control. Where possible, we have linked to the relevant page for the parish, however some links may take you to a more general page where you may need to select Falfield as the parish.
Planning – Search by reference number, postcode or address
Advice on submitting comments
Note that comments are submitted to South Gloucestershire Council, not this website.
- If you would like to make a representation on a current planning application, please include your name and address (including postcode).
- You cannot comment on a Discharge of Condition request or Non-Material Amendment (reference numbers ending DOC and NMA).
- Please note your comments will be viewable on the website as forming part of the available application documentation.
- Due to the volume of correspondence received on applications, South Gloucestershire Council say it is not possible to acknowledge or respond to comments.
- For further information, please read ‘Commenting on planning applications‘ web page.