Statement of Community Involvement

Published: 26 July 2018

Statement of Community Involvement

The Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 requires the local planning authority to prepare a 'Statement of Community Involvement' (SCI). Planning affects everyone in our community; however, most people only get involved in planning when it directly affects them. The SCI explains how the Council will involve local communities, businesses and other interested parties when we prepare our planning policies and determine planning applications. The current SCI was adopted in 2012.

Since the adoption of the SCI, a number of changes have been made to the planning system and it has, therefore, been necessary to update the document in order to reflect these changes.

The Council has published the draft SCI for public consultation from Thursday 19 July to 5pm Friday 17 August, 2018.  click here