What you can and can't comment on

What you can comment on

• policies and guidance
• design and visual impact
• living conditions of local people
• planning history
• landscape and ecology
• loss of privacy to others
• light pollution
• traffic issues
• loss of protected trees and hedgerows
• noise, smell and pollution
• open countryside and green belt
• effect on listed buildings and conservation areas
• impact on health and safety
• hazardous materials
• disabled access

What you can't comment on

• loss of view
• land ownership
• property value
• moral issues
• private issues between neighbours
• disruption caused in the construction period, for example, dust or noise

We won't accept any comments that are seen to be racist, derogatory or hateful to any person or group. Any comments of this nature will be referred to the Police.