Environment
21 November 2008


Statement of Community Involvement

The Statement of Community Involvement (SCI) sets out how the Council intends to engage with the community and stakeholders in the process of preparing Local Development Documents and when considering planning applications.

The Council submitted its SCI to the Secretary of State in June 2006. An independent Inspector was appointed to test the soundness of the document with an Examination hearing held on 6 November 2006. The Council received the Inspector's Report at the end of November 2006. All recommendations made by the Inspector were incorporated and the Council has formally adopted the SCI on 27 February 2007.

The Inspector's Report, the adopted SCI and its adoption statement can be downloaded below.

No. File name File
size		 Estimated download time File
type
1 Inspector Report 101k 1.8 mins PDF Inspector Report File Size 101k Download time 1.8k
2 Adopted SCI 342k 3.2 mins PDF Download Adopted Statement of Community Involvment Document (PDF)File Size 342k Download Time 3.2mins
3 Adoption Statement 13k 25 secs PDF Download Adopted Statement Document (PDF)File Size 13k Download Time 25secs

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Hard copies are also available for public inspection at District / Town / Parish Council Offices and public library during normal opening hours. 


Any person aggrieved by the SCI may make an application to the High Court under Section 113 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004. Any challenge pursuant to Section 113 must be made on the grounds that either

  • the document is not within the appropriate power or
  • a procedural requirement has not been complied with.

An application under Section 113 must be made not later than the end of the period of six weeks starting from 27 February 2007.

Any person aggrieved by the SCI may apply to the High Court for permission to apply for Judicial Review of the decision to adopt the statement. Any such application must be made promptly and in any event not later than three months from 27 February 2007.

For archived information on the Statement of Community Involvement, please select this link

In order to allow all interested parties to get involved in preparation of Local Development Documents, we have created a database of all the parties who wish to be kept informed on different stages of Local Development Documents preparation. If you or your organisation wish to be included in our database, please select the following link to fill in the online form.