LONG PROCESSES

Question 1

PLANNING

Answer 1

• Developer gets initial advice from planning officers
• Developer submits planning application to local planning authority
• Application published on planning register
• Council consults with parish/town council, notified immediate neighbours
• Planning consultation, developer may hold public exhibition and public sends comments to planning authority
• Planning officers write recommendations to planning committee
• Planning committee making decision
• Applicant has option to appeal if refused, or can change proposal and submit new allocation

Question 2

PASSAGE OF BILL

Answer 2

First Reading
Second Reading
Committee Stage
Report Stage
Third Reading
HOL
Consideration of Amendments
Royal Assent

Question 3

CHILD CARE

Answer 3

Case conference - starts process where child may be place ‘at risk’
attended by anyone that may be concerned with child

Child protection plan - plans details what professionals will do to protect child, where child should live and who has contact

Court Orders:
Child Assessment Order - person must bring child to be assessed for 7 days
Supervision order - Local authority given power to monitor child at home or elsewhere
Emergency Protection Order - fast track order if child in immediate danger. Child taken to safe place and parent responsibilities given to person who took out order - lasts 8 days can be extended for another 7

Care Order - child taken into care by upper council, preference is to find foster/adoptive family