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Material Planning Considerations

Your comments supporting or objecting to an application must be about the planning merits of the application. These are known as ‘material considerations’.

Kingston Council provides the guidance below. However it is a non-exhaustive list. In reality any representation based on planning policy is valid. We have provided a more comprehensive list here.

Material considerations listed on Kingston’s website:

“We can accept comments about:

• highway safety
• flood risk
• appearance and design
• proposed density
• height and massing
• noise, dust, fumes and similar
• loss of light/sunlight
• scale and dominance
• sustainability
• nature conservation and biodiversity
• privacy
• impact on natural environment (like trees or wildlife)
• parking provision

Comments that will not be accepted

Not material considerations

• you think there’s too many of something already
• loss of views
• damage to property
• things controlled under Building Regulations or other non-planning laws (like drainage, structural stability, and similar)
• devaluation of property
• rights of way
• covenants
• other private rights
• disturbance during development
• maintenance of property”