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Hastings Local Plan – Statement of Community Involvement (SCI) Update
Meeting: 05/12/2016 - Cabinet (Item 52)
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(Cabinet Decision)
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The Assistant Director, Regeneration and Culture, presented a report to advise of updates to the Hastings Local Plan Statement of Community Involvement (SCI).
The SCI, which sets out the council’s approach to community involvement and describes how and when people can get involved in both the plan making and development management process, forms part of a wider suite of documents which make up the Local Plan.
It was necessary to amend the SCI to reflect a decision made as part of the 2016/17 budget setting process, in respect of the methods the council will use to publicise planning applications. It had been agreed to replace the existing process of sending out neighbourhood notification letters with site notices, once an effective alerts and online system had been developed. The council recently launched an online self-service system, My Hastings Online, which enables interested parties to search for information about planning applications in their area and register for email updates.
Councillor Lee proposed an amendment to the SCI, seconded by Councillor Patmore, as follows:
“Amendment to statement of community involvement bullet point 1 paragraph 5.42 delete the words "and where necessary advertisements in the locally media" and add after the word " and adverts in the local media, we will also send letters of notification to owners and occupiers of neighbouring properties and have internal standards setting out how this is determined."
For ease 5.42 will now read as followsIn accordance with statutory requirements, notification of applications made to Hastings Borough Council will be done via sites notices and adverts in the local media, we will also send letters of notification to owners and occupiers of neighbouring properties and have internal standards setting out how this is determined”
The proposed amendment was lost by 2 votes for to 6 against.
The Director of Corporate Services and Governance commented that monitoring would be undertaken on the take-up of the new online offer.
Councillor Poole proposed approval of the recommendations to the Assistant Director, Regeneration and Culture’s report, which was seconded by Councillor Cartwright.
RESOLVED (by 6 votes for, 1 against with 1 abstention) that Cabinet adopts the updated SCI incorporating the changes as set out in appendix A to the Assistant Director, Regeneration and Culture’s report
The reason for this decision was:
To ensure that the adopted SCI is fully up-to-date and reflects the council’s current procedures relating to the publicity for applications for planning permission.
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