Decision details
STATEMENT OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT - ADOPTION
Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision status: Recommend Forward to Council
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: No
Purpose:
To recommend to council the adoption of the Herefordshire Council statement of community involvement the SCI Full and Summary version.
Decision:
Recommendation
THAT:
(a) the revised Herefordshire Council statement of community involvement at
appendix 1a & 1b, be recommended to Council for adoption; and
(b) it be recommended to Council that authority be delegated to the monitoring officer to make any consequential amendments to the statement necessary following future changes to the council’s constitution relevant to public engagement in order to ensure consistency between the documents.
Reasons for the decision:
To ensure the council adheres to the National Planning Policy Framework and local
development scheme and the requirement to review the statement of community
involvement as and when the need is identified.
The statement of community involvement forms part of the local plan framework and
as such is a budget and policy framework item. Recommendation from the cabinet to
adopt the redrafted document is sought before going to full Council.
Alternative options considered:
Preparation and adoption of the statement of community involvement is a statutory
requirement. The continued use of the existing statement of community involvement
is an alternative option. However, this is not recommended as it does not give due consideration to principal use of online communication whenever practical, contains
information which is now obsolete and does not provide information on neighbourhood development planning, community right to build and neighbourhood development orders.
Wards Affected: (All Wards);
Publication date: 03/11/2016
Date of decision: 03/11/2016
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