The Plans Assessment Committee (PAC) reviews all planning applications for Chalford, including Listed Building Consent applications (LBCs), and decides whether the parish council will support, object or take a neutral stand on each application. It also makes comments, where appropriate, which might relate, for example, to materials to be used, height of roofs, etc.
In the Chalford Conservation area residents must receive permission to carry out any work to trees, and the PAC also considers these applications known as TCAs (Trees in a Conservation Area). While the PAC reports its views to Stroud District Council (SDC), the final decision rests with SDC and may not agree with that of the PAC.