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Report of Councillor S Pickering, Portfolio Holder for Environment and Place.

RESOLVED

(1)           That Cabinet approved the Officer responses to the representations received to the public consultation on the Draft Revised Statement of Community Involvement (SCI), as set out in the Consultation Statement in Appendix 1 to the report.

(2)           That Cabinet adopted and brought into effect the Revised Statement of Community Involvement (SCI) in Appendix 2 to the report to replace the current SCI (2014).

REASONS FOR DECISION – To formalise the Council’s response to the comments received during the consultation on the draft SCI, and to enable the document to be formally adopted as the Council’s Statement of Community Involvement.

OTHER OPTIONS CONSIDERED AND REJECTED – The preparation of a Statement of Community Involvement and its review every five years from its adoption date is a statutory requirement and there are no reasonable alternative options.

Please note that this was not a Key Decision so can be implemented by officers with immediate effect.

The report to Cabinet set out representations received to the public consultation on the Draft Statement of Community Involvement, with a view to adopting the final version of the document.

Cabinet discussed the responses to the consultation and the revised SCI document. At the conclusion of the discussion, Members indicated their support for the responses from officers to the public consultation, and the revised Statement of Community Involvement (SCI) document.

RESOLVED -

(1)      That Cabinet approved the Officer responses to the representations received to the public consultation on the Draft Revised Statement of Community Involvement (SCI), as set out in the Consultation Statement in Appendix 1 to the report.

(2)            That Cabinet adopted and brought into effect the Revised Statement of Community Involvement (SCI) in Appendix 2 to the report to replace the current SCI (2014).

REASONS FOR DECISION – To formalise the Council’s response to the comments received during the consultation on the draft SCI, and to enable the document to be formally adopted as the Council’s Statement of Community Involvement.

OTHER OPTIONS CONSIDERED AND REJECTED – The preparation of a Statement of Community Involvement and its review every five years from its adoption date is a statutory requirement and there are no reasonable alternative options.