When we collect personal information
Personal information may be collected, used and stored in electronic and paper formats when you:
- Submit any planning related application together with any supporting documentation
- Contact us about any existing application (including submitting a representation objecting to or supporting an application). This includes contact by email, letter or telephone
- Submit any request for a pre application meeting to discuss a development you intend to submit an application for
- Contact the council to report an alleged breach of planning control in writing (letter or email), online (using the online form) or by telephone
- Are the owner/occupier, or otherwise have a legal interest in any land which may be subject to a report of an alleged breach of planning control
- Make a comment on local planning documents, including those made during formal public consultation exercises and
- Provide information – for instance regarding land that you own - for the purposes of formulating planning policy and as required by relevant planning legislation
- Provide information to confirm your eligibility to purchase an affordable home
- Provide information to confirm your eligibility to join the self build and custom build register.
We may also receive information about you from third parties, including planning agents who may be acting on your behalf and interested parties who may comment on your application or provide information for the purposes of local planning.