The Society keeps track on all planning applications for our District. We make object, support, and make observations on applications which concern:
• our Conservation Areas;
• Listed buildings or assets;
• unnecessary or damaging work to trees – including any in Conservation Areas;
• unlisted buildings or assets which have architectural, community or heritage value;
• impact on local ecological sustainability, public wellbeing, or infrastructure such as highways, public transport or active travel links, schools, or healthcare.

We also monitor for Enforcement issues – where development or works have no been done in accordance with Planning permission, or have been done without Planning permission. This includes developments which fail to install their landscaping, street trees, highway treatment, or boundaries in a reasonable time.

Our Planning Working Group members have experience and interests in a broad spectrum of areas including architecture, landscaping, construction, development, local council, and conservation. But we are always stretched pretty thin – so if you would like to join in (however much or little time you can spare), please email placemaking@beestoncivicsociety.org.uk, and we can add you to our friendly group.

Our key values and ethos ‘protecting and improving the built and natural environment’ of our district is at the heart of everything we do. But we also comment and make observations, personally, as individuals. We encourage our membership to so, independently and objectively, too.

By signposting and broadcasting local planning matters to local residents and our membership we stimulate public awareness of the best qualities of the District. Encouraging community involvement in the changes around us means better public engagement in placemaking. Thus, in doing so, we can become a critical friend to the local authority and developers.

Example Planning Comments made by the Society

Heritage

Local Heritage List

Continuing the valuable hard work begun by Caroline Penn during her longstanding tenure as the Committee’s planning and heritage lead, we’ve now established a Local Heritage List Group who are working with Broxtowe Borough Council to compile our area’s list of heritage assets and assets of community value. Email placemaking@beestoncivicsociety.org.uk if you’d like to join in!

 

Heritage Open Days

We organise our own programme of events for Heritage Open Days, as well as those in association with other groups and businesses. The Society likes to foster good links with our local heritage groups, Friends teams, and history societies. If you or your society would like to connect with us – please email placemaking@beestoncivicsociety.org.uk, we’d love to hear from you.

Get involved…

Are you a Planning nerd too? If you have skills or a keen interest in heritage, protecting and improving our built environment, or would like to get involved in conserving natural aspects of Beeston – to help shape the way we live in our town – join our friendly team of volunteers and you can help us as much or as little as you have time to give. We desperately need more people like you!

Broxtowe Borough Council has a Planning page on their website. Here all application in the area can be searched, shared, and commented on. You can even set to be notified so you don’t miss something in your area, or on your street.