Issue - meetings

(To receive a report from the County Commissioner for Economy and Place, which invites the Executive to approve the Draft Statement of Community Involvement, as detailed at Appendix A to the report, for public consultation for a period of six weeks commencing in January 2019)

That the Draft Statement of Community Involvement, as detailed at Appendix A to the report, be approved for public consultation for a period of six weeks, commencing in January 2019.

Consideration was given to a report which presented a draft Statement of Community Involvement (SCI), as detailed at Appendix A to the report, which had been prepared for public consultation commencing in January 2019 for a six-week period, subject to the approval of the Executive. 

The Executive was reminded that the County Council was under a statutory duty to review its SCI by 2019.  The current SCI was last updated in 2014 and had set out how the County Council would engage and consult the public and stakeholders on the preparation of draft minerals and waste policy documents and during the determination of planning and related applications. 

The Chairman of the Overview and Scrutiny Management Board advised that the Environment and Economy Scrutiny Committee had considered the same report at its meeting on 27 November 2018 and had agreed to support the recommendation to proceed with a public consultation for a period of six weeks, commencing in January 2019.  Comments of the Board were included within the Executive report.

It was highlighted that the table on page 63 of the agenda pack set out how different types of planning application would be publicised and which method of communication would be used to notify the public and local communities.  A discussion took place regarding the use of press notices and it was requested that this method of communication was reviewed, as the publication that was currently used was not circulated throughout the whole of the County.  It was also suggested that although relevant parish councils were consulted, the Lincolnshire Association of Local Councils should be utilised more.

RESOLVED

That the Draft Statement of Community Involvement, as detailed at Appendix A to the report, be approved for public consultation for a period of six weeks, commencing in January 2019.