Agenda item

Report of the Strategic Director of Regeneration and Environment

Recommendations:-

1.         That approval be given to public consultation on the Draft Revised Statement of Community Involvement as detailed in Appendix 1.

2.      That following consultation a further report be brought to Cabinet in October 2019 to consider the adoption of the Statement of Community Involvement.

Consideration was given to the report which sought approval to undertake consultation on a Draft Revised Statement of Community Involvement.

The requirement to prepare a Statement of Community Involvement was set out in the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 and set out how the Council involved local communities in planning for the future of the Borough through the preparation of the Local Plan and other planning policy documents, and the determination of planning applications.

Following adoption of the Local Plan Sites and Policies document in 2018, it was now timely and appropriate to review and refresh the current Statement of Community Involvement adopted in June, 2015.

The update set out the overall approach to community engagement; how people could influence the Local Plan and how people could be involved in planning decisions.

This report had been considered by the Overview and Scrutiny Management Board as part of the pre-scrutiny process who were in support of the recommendations, subject to further work being undertaken to ensure the consultation document outlined the specific power of planning conditions in addressing concerns raised in respect of individual applications.

Resolved:-  (1)  That public consultation on the Draft Revised Statement of Community Involvement, as detailed in Appendix 1 be approved.

(2)  That following consultation a further report be brought to Cabinet in October 2019 to consider the adoption of the Statement of Community Involvement.