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Getting Involved:

Report on the Draft Statement of Community Involvement

Consultation

November 2010

11 Introduction

12 The Draft Statement of Community Involvementconsultation

23 The Final Statement of Community Involvement

5Appendix A: Draft Statement of Community Involvementconsultation comments

16Appendix B: Consultee notification email/letter

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1 Introduction1.1 Town & Country Planning Regulations require planning authorities to preparea Statement of Community Involvement (SCI) to set out how they intend to engagethe community in development planning activities (both the preparation of developmentplans and development management).

1.2 The current SCI was adopted by the county council in 2006. Several factorsnecessitated the revision of the adopted document including recent changes to theMinerals andWaste Development Framework Scheme, national planning regulationsand a move towards ‘e-planning.’

1.3 An initial Scoping consultation took place over an eight week period between5th June and 31st July 2009; it set out our approach to community involvement inplanning. The event was widely publicised to encourage members of the public andstakeholders to contribute their views and highlight particular areas of interest. Thereport produced on the Scoping consultation concluded that “the responses receivedhave confirmed support for the scope of the Statement of Community Involvementas proposed.”(1)

2 The Draft Statement of Community Involvementconsultation2.1 The views submitted to the Scoping consultation were used to inform thedevelopment of consultation draft of the SCI. The Draft Statement of CommunityInvolvement was open for consultation for eight weeks between 24th May and 19th

July 2010.

2.2 We directly notified all 900 plus consultees on our database via email and letterabout the Draft SCI consultation. This includes all statutory (specific) and generalconsultees as required(2) as well as ‘other’ consultees as appropriate. Otherconsultees includedminerals and waste industry operators, landowners andmembersof the public who have previously expressed an interest in either the Statement ofCommunity Involvement or the Minerals and Waste Development Framework. SeeAppendix B of the SCI for further information. Our database is always open forinterested members of the public or other organisations to register to receivenotifications for our consultation events.

2.3 The Draft document and associated questionnaires were made available inmain county council offices and all Kent libraries and Gateways. Our aim was toreach the wider community and provide an accessible opportunity for all interestedpeople to give their views.

1 Kent County Council (April 2010) Getting Involved: Report on the Statement of CommunityInvolvement Scoping Consultation.

2 Under the 2004 Local Development (England) Regulations (as amended by the 2008 and 2009Regulations).

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2.4 The consultation was given a high profile on our website and all documentswere available online on the Planning Policy consultation portal(http://consult.kent.gov.uk). Online responses were encouraged. Other responsesreceived via email and post were also published online.

2.5 To prompt consultation responses the Draft document was published with anaccompanying questionnaire. The questionnaire asked consultee views on thefollowing:

The scope and principles of the SCI.

Consultation and involvement opportunities with the MWDF.

The county council’s role in planning applications.

Consultation on planning applications.

2.6 The questionnaire consisted of straightforward yes or no answers with spacefor additional comments. Online consultees had the opportunity to comment on anypart of the document and/or to fill in the questionnaire. A total of 32 comments werereceived from 17 external consultees.

2.7 As many respondents only chose to answer specific questions or comment ona particular area of interest, a full statistical analysis of the questionnaire is unlikelyto provide meaningful results. The representations on the draft document indicatedno major objections to the proposed scope and principles of the SCI or ourconsultation procedures.

2.8 Appendix A of this report sets out all comments received on the document andour response and/or proposed action as appropriate.

3 The Final Statement of Community Involvement3.1 The amendments made in response to the Draft consultation comments andother changes in planning are summarised below:

Legislative and County Council Changes

Changes were implemented by the Department of Communities and LocalGovernment (CLG) in line with the Coalition Government’s intentions. The mostsignificant was the abolishment of the regional tier of the planning system andthe expected replacement of the Infrastructure Planning Commission (IPC).

The new Minerals and Waste Development Scheme 2010-13 came into effecton 24 September 2010; it reflects a new 20 year plan period for the MWDF to2030.

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The publication of the Town & Country Planning (Development ManagementProcedure) (England) Order 2010.

Minor amendments weremade to the types of engagement we can offer followingcountry-wide changes to Local Government budgets.

Contact options and publicity information were updated to include the countycouncil’s text phone service and social media accounts (twitter).

3.2 The adopted version of the SCI is up to date with government changes as ofOctober 2010. The current planning framework may change with the implementationof the Decentralisation and Localism Bill due in 2011.

3.3 Since the final version of the SCI was produced, residential property developerCala Homes have successfully challenged the decision to abolish Regional SpatialStrategies (RSS) in the High Court. In Kent the RSS is the South East Plan. Currentlythe letter issued by CLG(3) stating the intention to abolish the RSSs remains a materialconsideration for planning decisions, however the ‘weight’ of this letter as a materialconsideration is currently the subject of a second legal challenge by Cala Homes.

Other Content Changes

Clarification of the following matters raised in the consultation comments:

The importance of submitting views at the Scoping and Directionsconsultation stages.

At the Development Plan Document Submission stage consultees will benotified but not invited to make representations.

Clearer distinction and further detail on the types of planning applicationsthe county council and the district/borough councils in Kent separately dealwith.

Details of consultation procedures for planning applications.

Additional Appendix on the statutory development management consultees(Appendix C of the adopted SCI).

Emphasis the use of online consultation options to reflect our priorities and theintroduction of the new online planning applications system.

3 Communities and Local Government (27th May 2010) Chief Planning Officer Letter: Abolitionof Regional Strategies.


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Minor changes to language and sentence length in line with Plain English goodpractice.

More footnotes to explain planning terms or link to further information.

Presentation Changes

Alteration to Chapter 4 to replicate the same structure used across the rest ofthe document.

The consultation involvement table information in section 3.2 has beenredesigned into a checklist diagram. This will shorten the final document (asrequested) and limit repetition of information.

Removal of non-essential ‘statement’ boxes to reduce document length.

The final version of the SCI is now 51 pages long, which is a reduction of 12pages.


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versionof

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stag

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ls.InMinster

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iteMinster-on-Sea

Parish

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raised

conc

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need

for


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footpa

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with

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ildren

and

anincrea

sein

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cial

parkingin

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ationon

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processedby

either

Ken

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stion7:

KCC'sRolein

Plann

ingApp

lications

Isthena

ture

ofthecoun

tycoun

cil's

respon

sibilitiesfor

particularc

lasses

ofplan

ning

applications

clea

r?

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nbrid

geTownCou

ncil

Thissectionwillbe

upda

tedwith

thede

tails

ofthe

intend

edreplacem

ent

regime

for

nationa

llysign

ificant

prop

osals.

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olishe

dInfra

structurePlann

ingCom

mission

(IPC)isto

bereplac

ed.

Cha

pter

4:Com

mun

ityInvo

lvem

entin

Plann

ingApp

lications

KCC

Plann

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lications

4.04

Nationa

llySignifican

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structureProjects

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men

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san

defficienc

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topo

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sulta

tion.

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stion8:

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sulta

tionon

plan

ning

applications

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nbrid

geTownCou

ncilDotheprop

osalsinthedraft

SCIfor

consultationon

plan

ning

applications

strikethe

right

balance?

The'greater

efficiencyintheprocessing

ofplan

ning

applications'bulletp

oint

willbe

removed

.

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vantag

eofe-plan

ning

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ables

grea

terp

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enga

gemen

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cing

costsover

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ange

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statutory

4.1Whe

nan

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tinvolved

with

plan

ning

applications

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lications

perio

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iremen

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tofC

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notlikelyto

chan

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time.

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entfor

assistan

ce/viewingap

plications

isne

cessary.

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rsaremorethan

willingtoofferh

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ilableallthe

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nan

dho

wyoucange

tinvolved

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plan

ning

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otiatio

nat

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pre-ap

plication

stag

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sche

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acco

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and

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naturalinteres

tsas

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ning

solutio

nto

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thattim

elyinvolvem

entoflocalpe

oplebe

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plicationis

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elop

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lications

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tnoted

.Itmay

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commen

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atthis

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licationstag

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ing

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lications

Referen

cesto

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ingPerform

ance

Agree

men

tswillbe

removed

.

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eare

farmore

likelyto

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District

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ncils

formajor

complex

mixed

use

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lopm

entsche

mes

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avily

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das

crea

tingco

llusion

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authorities

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velope

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4.1.1Pre-app

licationstag

e

Statemen

t11:

Plann

ing

Perform

ance

Agree

men

ts

KCC

Plann

ing

App

lications


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Alistofcon

sultees

forp

lann

ingap

plications

willbe

adde

dinan

App

endixto

themaindo

cumen

t.Th

ere

isno

men

tion

ofco

nsultatio

nprac

tices

(statutory

cons

ultees

).4.1.3Pu

blicity

andconsultation

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ing

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lications

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men

tnoted

.

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purpos

eof

site

visits

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nerally

toallow

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bers

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ingApp

lications

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mittee

toview

thesite

andbe

tteru

nderstan

dtheprop

osal.

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ning

application

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lications

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licMee

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more

often

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aren

afor

mem

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blicto

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mittee

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itmay

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men

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quen

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liaison

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(som

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lytwice

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ar)as

can

need

for

attend

ance

ofplan

ning

officers.

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ecisionStage

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lications

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men

tnoted

.To

clarify

wemee

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sites

notices

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exce

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tification.


ning

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men

tnoted

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nerally

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nalcom

men

ts.

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stion10

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s?CPRE

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t

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pend

ixlistingthestatutoryconsultees

for

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lications

willbe

includ

edin

thefinal

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noted

that

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endix

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the

docu

men

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testheSpe

cific

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sulta

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iesto

beco

nsulted

for

the

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tMinerals

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Our

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urCon

sultees

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ridge

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Dev

elop

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tFramew

orkan

dthat

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fthe

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iesinclud

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t.Itisco

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Appendix B: Consultee notification email/letterMay 2010

Dear Sir/Madam

Kent County Council: Environment, Highways and Waste Directorate:

Statement of Community Involvement: Draft for Consultation

KCC is preparing a new Statement of Community Involvement (SCI). This will setout how and when communities can most effectively get involved with the town andcountry planning issues that concern them and for which KCC has responsibility.

In mid 2009 we consulted on the approach to be taken in preparing the SCI andinvited organisations and individuals across Kent to let us know what they would liketo see in it. We have now prepared a full draft of the revised SCI for consultationprior to its adoption later this year. The consultation period runs for 8 weeks between24th May and 19th July 2010.

The draft SCI consultation document and accompanying questionnaire are availableon our consultation portal (http://consult.kent.gov.uk) and wewould strongly encourageresponses submitted through this route. Copies are also available for inspection atSessions House, County Hall in Maidstone, at all District and Borough Council mainoffices and at Kent Gateways and libraries.

If you prefer, you can email your comments on the SCI and/or responses to the SCIquestionnaire to us at [email protected] or write to us at:

MWDF Project TeamIntegrated Strategy and Planning DivisionEnvironment, Highways and Waste DirectorateKent County CouncilInvicta HouseMaidstoneKent ME14 1XX

Tel 01622 696815

We hope that you can take time to look at the draft SCI and let us have your viewson its proposals, including how you would like to engage with us on the planningmatters for which we are responsible. The consultation period ends at midnight on19th July 2010. We look forward to hearing from you.

If you would like any further information please visit our website(www.kent.gov.uk/mwdf) or contact us at the address above or by email([email protected]).

Yours faithfully


DraftStatemen

tofC

ommun

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sultationRep

ort

http://consult.kent.gov.uk/

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.kent.gov.uk/mwdf

mailto:[email protected]

Richard Feasey

Planning Policy Manager

Strategy and Planning DivisionEnvironment, Highways and Waste


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