Your comments need to be made within three weeks of the application being submitted to the Council. Please note that there are statutory time periods for commenting on planning applications and that any comments received after the statutory periods may not be taken into consideration.
The Council can only take into account any representations made on valid planning matters. These are called 'material considerations'. Please note that the following examples are not material considerations and cannot be taken into consideration when assessing a planning application (this list is not exhaustive):
Invalid planning considerations
Loss in the value or your house of property as a result of the development
An opinion that there is no need for the development eg having enough hot-food takeaways in the area already
Boundary or neighbour disputes
Loss of a private view
Health issues
Commercial/business competition
The identity of the applicant
Where the development has commenced or been completed (in advance of the application for planning permission)
Moral examples in connection with, for example, betting shops, public houses, amusement arcades
Some examples of material considerations that are valid planning considerations and which can be taken into account are listed below (this list is not exhaustive):