If you would like to address the Planning and Regulatory Services Committee in relation to a planning application, you are required to provide written notification to Democratic Services no later than 12 noon two (2) working days before the Committee meeting.
Within your written request, you should confirm:
Requests should be emailed to:
Where the closing date for speaking rights falls on a Bank Holiday, all requests must still be received within the specified timescale and will be processed on the following working day.
As set out within the Planning Protocol, representations may only be made on one occasion on a planning application. If a planning application is deferred for any reason further representations will not be permitted to be made on that application when the application is returned to the Planning and Regulatory Services Committee. A copy of the Planning Protocol can be found above
Members of the public may view Planning and Regulatory Services Committee meetings on YouTube. Anyone wishing to address the Committee will be invited to participate either in person or remotely.
If you wish to participate in person, you will be required to attend the meeting at Craigavon Civic Centre.
You should arrive at the conference entrance (located to the right-hand side of the main reception when facing the building) to Craigavon Civic Centre, 15 minutes before the start of the consideration of the Schedule of Planning Applications (i.e. 3.45 pm).
If you arrive late, this will mean you lose your opportunity to address the Committee.
If you wish to participate remotely, it is imperative that you have a device on which you can do so. You will receive an email with a link to join the meeting remotely on the day of the meeting and further details about remote attendance prior to the meeting.
Please note that it is not possible to estimate how long it will take the Committee to decide each planning application. For this reason, we are unable to inform you of the exact time at which a particular application will be considered.
If you are unable to make a verbal representation, you may submit a written representation for consideration under the terms of the Planning Protocol.
Written representations:
Written representations should be submitted by email to:
Please note you can either make a verbal representation or a written representation. You are not able to do both.
The current Protocol for the operation of the Committee and Speaking Rights continues to apply. The following guidance documents are available to assist applicants, agents and members of the public:
Please read these documents before requesting speaking rights or attending a Planning and Regulatory Services Committee meeting.
