The Government’s Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 requires all local planning authorities to prepare a Statement of Community Involvement (SCI).
Community involvement is an important part of the process of preparing the Local Development Framework (LDF). The aim of the Statement of Community Involvement is to help ensure community ownership of the Local Development Framework and strengthen community involvement in planning over time. It also aims to improve overall representation and involvement across all sections of the community.
The SCI sets out the following:
The Council consulted stakeholders in Spring 2005 to invite comments on how the Council should participate and consult with them, and the public's views were sought on the draft Statement of Community Involvement in October 2005.
Having taken your views into account and making changes where appropriate, the SCI was submitted to the Secretary of State on 28 April 2006. There followed a six week period of public consultation on the 'soundness' of the document. 2006.
All representations were considered by the Inspector appointed to hold an independent examination into the SCI. The Inspector ensured that the necessary legal requirements for the preparation of the document were met and found the document to be sound, subject to three minor amendments being incorporated into the document.
The SCI was formally adopted on 30 November 2006, and can be viewed by clicking in the 'linked documents' box to the right of this page.