To recommend to council the adoption of the Herefordshire Council statement of community involvement the SCI Full and Summary version.

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.

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.

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.