Commenting on behalf of Dronfield Civic Society:

A There is no commitment made here about planning applications handled by the County Council. DCC states that any applications involving waste, minerals, and DCC properties, will be handled by DCC. The District Council Development Management team should commit to any such proposal being fully visible and open to public consultation through NEDDC processes.

B There is no commitment here to key performance indicators. We have seen cases where applications wait for inordinately long periods to be resolved causing concern and confusion in the community, and equally others that seem to be expedited with no consideration of public concerns. We’ve seen applications go through under delegated approval where there have been clear errors in the process and consequential bad decisions made. The Development Management team should have a series of KPIs to measure effectiveness of their processes and their public engagement.

C There is no commitment here to an engagement and feedback mechanism for the public and relevant groups to liaise with the Development Management leadership about how the processes are working, and specifically where there have been failures, how we work together to prevent recurrence. At the moment the only feedback process seems to be through the general NEDDC processes, and where issues are raised there are no responses. The NEDDC Development Management team could be more successful through feedback and collaboration with community groups.