Issue - meetings

That the Newcastle-under-Lyme Statement of Community Involvement 2021 be approved and adopted. 

Cabinet considered a report setting out a proposed Statement of Community Involvement (SCI) 2021.  The purpose of the statement was to set out how and when consultation would be undertaken by the planning department; this included consultation with local people as well as businesses, land owners and developers plus statutory agencies and local interest groups.   

The SCI had been reviewed and updated in September 2020 to ensure it complied with current legislation and reflected the circumstances around the Covid pandemic.  It also reflected the previous situation whereby a joint Local Plan was being produced with Stoke on Trent City Council.  Since the council had decided to produce its own Local Plan the SCI had also been amended to reflect that decision.  The draft had been consulted on for 6 weeks closing on 31 May 2021.

Resolved: That the Newcastle-under-Lyme Statement of Community Involvement 2021 be approved and adopted.