| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Pre-Application Advice - Hidden Details or Unchallenged Incomplete Application Forms | |
| Posted by: | Andy Jones | |
| Date/Time: | 14/06/21 07:02:00 |
| There remains a statutory obligation to publish planning notifications in a local newspaper. I don't know what the situation is in the rest of the borough but the only way I could get a copy of the Ealing Gazette up until about two years ago was to visit Morrisons in the centre of Acton. Even before the pandemic the practice of dumping a few dozen copies of the paper at the entrance appears to have stopped. I understand the Ealing Gazette is no more and has been replaced by a west London wide publication called The Gazette which is where Ealing Council now places its official notices of planning applications and traffic orders. I have never seen a copy of this newspaper - it hasn't been available at Morrisons when I have been there. The article by the planning consultant which is often very pointedly linked to on planning related stories on this site makes it clear that during the pandemic local authorities should have taken account of any interruptions in distribution of printed newspapers in which they published notices and looked to make alternative provision including digital channels. Ealing Council however appear to be quite happy to choose a means to publicise planning applications which minimises the number of people who will be aware of them. |