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Search the Public Notice PortalThe leader of Uttlesford District Council has insisted her party is not against development and still has the power to decide over planning applications, despite the Government stepping in.
The Government previously stepped in to remove the council’s ability to decide over large planning applications, after slamming the council for refusing too many proposals.
The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities said the council was "not adequately performing" when it came to determining applications.
This means that developers can apply directly to the government’s planning inspectorate.
Council leader Cllr Petrina Lees, Residents of Uttlesford, said: "We’ve not had our powers over planning removed. They have been reduced.
"Developers can choose whether to apply directly to the Government for planning permission or come to us.
"I understand about 75 per cent of planning applications are still coming to us, we do have the power.
"Developers are still choosing to come straight to us, if they go to the Government and the plans are refused, the decision is absolute and they cannot appeal it.
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"The number of applications coming to us are still good, we are not against development, I am against speculative development where it is in the wrong place.
"I want to see affordable homes for people in this area as people can’t afford to live here and there’s something not right about that."
The Government’s planning inspector is considering the council’s Local Plan, which includes more than 14,000 new homes across the district.
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