This report recommends adoption of the Statement of Community Involvement (SCI), a document which sets out how consultation will be undertaken on planning policy documents as well as other planning matters.

Further to Minute 44 of the meeting held on 18 December 2024, the Committee considered a report on the Statement of Community Involvement (SCI), a document setting out how consultation would be undertaken on planning policy documents as well as other planning matters.  An Equality Impact Assessment was attached to the report at Appendix 1 and the draft SCI attached at Appendix 2.  The SCI had undergone a consultation exercise from 15 January to 26 February 2025 and the responses received were attached in Appendix 3 to the report.  The Committee was recommended to adopt the SCI as attached to the report and once adopted it would replace the current SCI and guide future consultations and planning policy documents.

Resolved –

That the Statement of Community Involvement, as attached to the report at Appendix 2, be adopted.