Issue - meetings

Report PLA1063 from the Planning Policy & Partnerships Service Manager

(Enclosure)

Decision:

Cabinet approves the Statement of Community Involvement (SCI) as attached to report PLA1063 for the purposes of public consultation.

Considerations/reasons for decision:

1)              Report PLA1063 from the Planning Policy & Partnerships Service Manager.

2)              The Council had a statutory duty to prepare an SCI in accordance with the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (as amended).

3)              Costs associated with the SCI would be met from in year budgets and incorporated into future service budgets as appropriate.

4)              Changes to the planning system, particularly plan making, legislation and regulations needed to be taken account of in a revised SCI.  

5)              The Councils approach to consultation needed to be robust.

6)              Comments made by the Portfolio Holder for Grow the Economy and Economic Development on the clear, simple and easy to read format of the document.

Other options considered:

To continue to use the existing document and not review and update the current SCI, however, the existing SCI did not reflect current requirements set out in legislation or regulations.