Decision details

The Cabinet Member for Performance and Capacity considered the draft Statement of Community Involvement (SCI) for the purposes of public consultation.

The SCI was a public statement of the local planning authority’s procedures and intentions regarding community involvement in the production of Local Development Documents (LDDs), and Development Management decisions, giving information on when and how consultation would take place. It set out how Cheshire East Council would involve all sectors of the community in the planning process.

The draft SCI indicated that the Council would engage communities from an early stage in the preparation of LDDs and throughout the process, with consultation being tailored to engage appropriate parts of the community at various stages of plan preparation. This was considered essential to achieve local ownership and legitimacy for the policies that would shape the future distribution of land uses and development in Cheshire East.

Councillor B Moran had submitted a number of comments on the draft SCI. The Cabinet Member asked that the document be amended as appropriate to take on board Councillor Moran’s comments and to reflect the current position regarding Waste and Minerals.

RESOLVED

That

(1)   the draft Statement of Community Involvement (SCI) be approved for the purposes of public consultation; and

(2)   the results of the public consultation, and any recommended modifications to the draft SCI that may result, be reported to Cabinet for a resolution to adopt as part of the Council’s Local Development Framework (LDF).