Councillor Brady, Cabinet Member for Economic
Development, Planning and Housing presented the proposed Statement
of Community Involvement (SCI) for Cabinet’s consideration
and approval for the purposes of recommending the document to
Council.
The SCI was a statutory document which set out
how the Council would involve the community when preparing planning
policy and determining planning applications in Wiltshire. The SCI
had been prepared in accordance with Regulations and national
planning policy and had been informed by a pre-draft consultation
with statutory consultees.
Councillor Brady drew attention to the
following amendments which were tabled:
- Paragraph 2.15 – Community
area Boards - had been reworded in the interests of clarity and
accuracy.
- A new paragraph on Vision Boards was
to be inserted after paragraph 2.17 to clarify the role of the
Chippenham, Trowbridge and Salisbury
Vision Boards.
- Additional text on public speaking
at planning meetings was inserted after paragraph 5.24 and
reference to the Killian Pretty Review to cross-reference to the
Council’s Planning Code of Good Practice for Councillors and
Site Visit Protocol.
During debate on this item, the following
amendments were also made to the document:
- Paragraph 2.4 of the draft SCI
– to add the Fire and Rescue Service in the list of
consultees.
- Paragraph 2.16 of the draft SCI to
be reworded in respect of community area partnerships to clarify
that they would have a role in planning policy issues but not
individual planning applications.
- Paragraph 2.18 to delete the
following text in the penultimate paragraph:
‘alongside the community area boards and community
area partnerships.’
- That
definitions of ‘loss of outlook’ and ‘loss
of private view’ in the table following paragraph 5.11 of the
draft SCI be included.
- The wording ‘in most
cases’ in bullet point 6 under the second heading in the
table following paragraph 5.11 of the draft SCI be changed to
‘other than in exceptional cases’.
- That the second heading in the table
following paragraph 5.11 be reworded for clarity.
- The time period for re-consultation
mentioned in paragraph 5.13 of the draft SCI be changed from ‘usually for 14 days’ to
usually 21 days’.
That Officers be
asked to explore the following:
- In respect of the advertising of
planning applications on site a request was made that, in addition
to the statutory notifications, an estate agents type sign be
placed on the application site making it clearly visible to those
affected by development proposed.
Officers undertook
to look into this possibility, bearing in mind expected Government
guidelines.
- That consultations exclude critical
holiday periods such as school summer holidays and if possible,
school Christmas holiday periods.
At the request of Cabinet, Councillor Brady
agreed to circulate the SCI as amended to Cabinet members before
presentation to Council.
Resolved:
That Cabinet:
i)
Approves the content of the Wiltshire
Council Statement of Community Involvement subject to the above
amendments;
ii)
Authorises the Service Director for
Economy and Enterprise, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for
Economic Development, Planning and Housing, to make amendments to
the ...
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