Speaking at a planning committee

What can't I talk about?

The committee can only make its decision on what are called 'material considerations'.

You can't talk about non-planning things, such as private property rights, competition, moral issues, loss of view and property value.

But you can talk about things such as:

planning policies in the local and structure plans
government advice and policy
highway safety and traffic
noise, smell and disturbance
design and external appearance
the impact on your residential amenity - this is the benefits you enjoy from the physical external space around your home