Inappropriate and offensive comments
28.1 When composing a planning representation, we expect comments to comply with the following rules. Comments must not:
- a) Contain any personal names, please use words such as applicant, neighbour, etc.
- b) Contain any personal information such as you're living on your own, you're on holiday next week etc.
- c) Contain any information relating to medical data for yourself or others; this is unlawful for us to process.
- d) Contain any material which is defamatory of any person.
- e) Contain any material which is obscene, offensive, hateful or inflammatory.
- f) Promote sexually explicit material.
- g) Promote violence.
- h) Promote discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexuality orientation, or age.
- i) Infringe any copyright, database right or trademark of any other person.
- j) Be likely to deceive any person.
- k) Be made in breach of any legal duty owed to a third party, such as a contractual duty or a duty of confidence.
- l) Promote any illegal activity.
- m) Be threatening, abusive, invasive of another's privacy, or cause harassment or needless anxiety.
- n) Be used to impersonate anyone, or to misrepresent your identity or affiliation with anyone.
- o) Give the impression that they emanate from us, if this is not the case.
- p) Advocate, promote or assist any unlawful act such as (by way of example only), copyright infringement or computer misuse.
28.2 Comments that fail to accord with these rules will not be published where moderation prior to publication is in place and will be removed as soon as practicably possible in all other cases. The decision of officers as to whether to remove a comment is final and will not be subject to debate or discussion. Comments will only be moderated once and will not be subsequently re-moderated.