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Privacy notice

The personal data that you provide will be used to process planning enquiry and to identify the owner of the property, architect and developer as appropriate, along with associated details and information related with the development.

We are under a legal obligation to collect and process this information, under the Building Act 1984 & Building Control Performance Standards 2017 edition.

You must complete the appropriate form or submit electronically in order for us to process your application. If the form is incomplete, we will not be able to process your application.

Your personal data will be shared within the relevant departments at the Council, and if necessary any partners who we have lawfully had to share your data with to deliver services on our behalf.

If you contact us, we may keep a record of that correspondence, transaction or telephone call. We use this information held about you to allow us to contact you directly via telephone, email or any other correspondence to ensure that we can provide a customer focused service. We may also ask you to complete surveys that we use for research purposes, although you do not have to respond to them.

Our website contains links to and from third party websites, which should have their own privacy policies, and we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.

Your personal information that you provide will be kept permanently, and for a minimum period of 15 years. We can be required to disclose your personal information to government agencies and for research purposes. Your name and the address of the property will be entered in a publicly accessible register.

We are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. We will take all reasonable steps to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy notice.

You have the right to access your personal information and to complain if you think your information has been used incorrectly or unfairly; you may also have other rights that apply. For further details on your rights and the contact details for the Data Controller and the Data Protection Officer, please see our full privacy notice.