This report sets out a proposed response to a government consultation on proposed changes to the existing planning system including a new permitted development right to change commercial uses into residential, changes to simplify and streamline the process for new and extended public service infrastructure, and consolidation and simplification of some existing permitted development rights.

The Executive Director of Economic Growth and Neighbourhood Services submitted a report on a government consultation on changes to the existing planning system, and setting out at Appendix 1 a recommended response to the consultation.

The report noted that in recent years the government had made frequent changes to the  ...  view the full minutes text for item 88