Issue - meetings

Recommendations

The Executive are asked to:

i.       Accept the modifications to the consultation draft Statement of Community Involvement document as detailed in paragraph 4.3 of the report;

ii.      Adopt the Statement of Community Involvement as set out at Appendix A to this report for the purposes of engagement on, amongst other matters, the preparation of the North Yorkshire Local Plan, neighbourhood plans and the determination of planning applications;

iii.     Delegate authority to the Executive Member for Open to Business to approve and adopt any future amendments to, or replacement of, the Statement of Community Involvement.

Considered – A report of the Corporate Director of Community Development seeking the adoption of the Statement of Community Involvement as the basis for consultation and community engagement in the preparation of the North Yorkshire Local Plan, other relevant planning policy documents and the consideration of planning applications.

Councillor Derek Bastiman introduced the report and provided an overview of the purpose of the Statement.  He noted the consultation undertaken on the draft SCI and the consideration given to the feedback on how best to engage the public on planning matters etc.

Executive Members welcomed the report, and it was

Resolved – That:

i.      The modifications to the consultation draft Statement of Community Involvement document as detailed in paragraph 4.3 of the report be accepted;

ii.    The Statement of Community Involvement as set out at Appendix A to the report be adopted for the purposes of engagement on, amongst other matters, the preparation of the North Yorkshire Local Plan, neighbourhood plans and the determination of planning applications;

iii.   Authority be delegated to the Executive Member for Open to Business in consultation with the Corporate Director of Community Development to approve and adopt any future amendments to, or replacement of, the Statement of Community Involvement.