Privacy and Personal Data

Privacy Notice - Neighbourhood Planning

West Devon Borough Council ("The Council") take your privacy seriously.

We will use your information in order to undertake consultation in relation to Neighbourhood Planning. This notice sets out what we will do with your personal information and who we may share it with in respect of the above.

What information about you do we collect?

We collect the following information in relation to sponsors:

  • Basic details about you such as your address, telephone number and email address
  • Details of representations you have made during periods of any Neighbourhood Plan consultations
  • Details such as signatures, personal telephone numbers and personal email addresses are redacted before being published on the website.

How do we collect information about you?

Relevant personal data will be collected:

  • Personal data will be collected directly from the data subject at the point you make a representation.

How will your personal data be used?

Your personal data will be used in the following ways:

  • When you submit a representation to us as part of a neighbourhood plan consultation these are kept as part of the public record. We have a statutory duty to make them available for any member of the public to see on this website. This includes documents and consultation responses received in paper format, which we scan and keep electronically.
  • To tell you If your representations lead to further queries from the examiner as part of the plan making process

The Legal basis for processing your data

The Council is processing this personal data as it is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the Controller is subject under The Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulation 2021. This is in accordance with Article 6 1(c) of the General Data Protection Regulation 2018.

The following planning legislation and regulations require the Council to make publicly available the details of representations submitted as part of a neighbourhood plan consultation:

  • The Town and Country Planning Act 1990,
  • Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004; and
  • The Neighbourhood Planning Regulations 2015

Who will your personal data be shared with?

  • The parish council producing the Neighbourhood Plan to which you have commented on
  • The examiner appointed to assess the Neighbourhood Plan in accordance with the regulation.

We will not normally share your information with organisations without your consent. However, there may be certain circumstances where we would share without consent such as where we are required to do so by law, to safeguard public safety, and in risk of harm or emergency situations. We will only share the minimum information for the purpose, on a need to know basis and with appropriate individuals.

The Council will never sell your data to anyone else.

Transferring of data outside the EU

Your data will not be transferred outside the EU. It will be securely stored electronically within the UK only, unless it was necessary for safeguarding or for the prevention and detection of crime.

Length of time we keep your information

The Council will retain personal data for the minimum period necessary. This will be three years after adoption of the Neighbourhood Plan to ensure any legal challenge periods have expired. All information will be held securely and destroyed under confidential conditions.

Individual rights

You have a number of rights under the General Data Protection Regulations. These can be found on the ICO website

If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please Email.

The Data Controller for your information

West Devon Borough Council
Kilworthy Park
Drake Road
Tavistock
PL19 0BZ

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

The Home Office

Data Protection Officer

The Council have a duty to appoint a Data Protection Officer. The Council's Data Protection Officer is Drew Powell,

West Devon Borough Council
Kilworthy Park
Drake Road
Tavistock
PL19 0BZ

If you have any queries about our privacy notices or would like to exercise your data rights or make a complaint, please contact the Data Protection Officer by

  • Email
  • telephoning 01822 813600 or
  • writing to them at the address above

If you are not happy with how we have handled your complaint, you have the right to contact the Information Commissioner's Office. You can raise your concerns about how we have processed your information or how we have responded to your request to exercise any of your rights in relation to your information:

Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF