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  Is every councillor required to have input on every planning application in his/her ward? Do officers routinely decline applications which councillors might consider beneficial? what are the criteria which dictate whether an application goes to committee? Is every officer decision effectively scrutinised by elected members? Are councillors' views automatically sought when there is an appeal? What weight is given to town/parish council views? What mechanism is there to ensure that applications which have merit are not refused on technicalities? Do officers work with applicants to help them couch their applications in terms which satisfy the bureaucratic requirements, or are applicants left to their own devices or forced to hire expensive professionals? Just a few questions......

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