Local Plan Part 2: Statement of Consultation Regulation 22 (1)
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Local Plan Part 2: Site Allocations and Development Management Policies Statement of Consultation Regulation 22 (1) (c) Part 1 of 3 June 2014 CONTENTS Section Page numbers Introduction 3 Background 4 Overview of key stages of consultation on the plan and policy development 5 Regulation 18 consultations: Preparation of a Local Plan 6 • Information gathering and preparation of Issues and Options 6 • Internal workshop – May 2011 8 • Community Engagement at Ward Solution Meetings – July-September 2011 8 • Issues and Options consultation - July – September 2012 10 • Consultation on potential housing development sites – February-May 2013 12 • Site allocations 16 • Draft Development Management Policies 19 Appendices 1. List of Local Plan consultees 2. Internal workshop. Tasks, group feedback and key findings – May 2011 3. Engagement at Ward Solution meetings July-September 2011: Notes from meetings 4. Summary of representations to questions included in issues and options paper and actions taken – July 2012 5. Summary of representations relating to general issues of concern in issues and options paper and consultation on potential housing development sites – July 2012/February-May 2013 Page 1 of 21 6. Summary of representations relating to site specific issues of concern: issues and options paper and consultation on potential housing development sites – July 2012/February-May 2013 7. Maps to illustrate the target areas for distribution of resident invitations to consultation events – February-May 2013 8. List of consultees to update on site specific land availability – May-June 2013 9. List of consultees on draft Development Management policies 10. Summary schedule of representations relating to Development Management Policies – July- August 2013 11. Summary schedule of representations relating to Development Management Policies – August 2013 Page 2 of 21 INTRODUCTION 1. This statement has been prepared to meet the requirements of Regulation 22 (1) (c) of The Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012 in relation to the Council’s Local Plan Part 2: Site Allocations and Development Management Policies. The purpose of the statement is to provide a summary of the Council’s consultation process, feedback and outcomes for the production of the Local Plan. In accordance with the legislative requirements the statement sets out the following information:- • Who has been consulted; • How they were consulted; • A summary of the main issues raised in response to the consultation; • How the issues raised have been actioned/taken into account in the Publication Edition of the Local Plan. 2. This statement (Part 1 of 3) was made available as a supporting document to the consultation on the Publication Edition of the plan which took place over 6 weeks from Monday, 27 January 2014 to Monday, 10 March 2014. 3. During the Publication consultation period the Council discovered that a small number of representations made during the previous consultations (February – May 2013) had not been fully recorded. An addendum to this statement (Part 2 of 3) has been prepared to include these and provide copies of the consultation material. 4. Following the consultation at Publication stage a corresponding statement will be prepared setting out the consultation process, how many representations were received together with a summary of the main issues raised in the feedback. This will form Part 3 of the Statement of Consultation. 5. All 3 parts of the Statement of Consultation, together with all representations received at from the Publication consultation, will form part of the Submission documentation (Regulation 22 documents) to the Secretary of State for consideration at the independent examination of the plan which will be managed by a Planning Inspector. 6. The Publication Plan was prepared in accordance with the Council’s Statement of Community Involvement (adopted August 2006) and the supporting plan document ‘Statement of Community Involvement Note – January 2014’. 7. The 2006 Statement of Community Involvement (SCI) confirms the Council’s commitment to community engagement and sets out how it will engage with all sections of the community including residents, statutory consultees and other stakeholder groups in the planning process including the production of the Local Plan. The 2014 statement confirms the changes to legislation and regulations which have been put in place since the SCI was adopted and sets out the implications of these changes to the preparation of the Local Plan Part 2, in particular the requirements for consultation. This is referenced in the background document ‘Statement of Community Involvement Note – January 2014.’ 8. The Publication Edition of the Local Plan was approved for consultation by Council Forum in November 2013. Page 3 of 21 BACKGROUND 9. The Publication Edition of the plan combines local planning policies on strategic site allocations and Development Management policies. The document firstly sets out a series of core policies to address the key issues that every development needs to address such as location, impact and appearance; the following chapters are structured in the order of the thematic spatial interventions included in the Core Strategy: - • Spatial Intervention 1:(Employment) Land supply for business development in higher value sectors • Spatial Intervention 2: (Housing) Quantity, quality and mix of housing • Spatial Intervention 3: (Public facilities) Range and quality of public facilities • Spatial Intervention 4: (Environment) Protecting and enhancing the environment • Spatial Intervention 5: Quality of Place • Spatial Intervention 6: Access to jobs and services 10. The policies in the plan will apply to every development proposal that requires planning permission. 11. The site allocations sections of the plan contain detailed, site specific policies and development considerations for individual sites and will operate alongside the Development Management policies which set out general policies to guide development. 12. Once adopted, the Site Allocations and Development Management Policies document together with the Core Strategy (adopted January 2011) and the Joint Lancashire and Minerals and waste Development Framework Core Strategy DPD (February 2009) and Joint Lancashire Minerals and Waste Local Plan (Site Allocation and Development Management Policies Part One and Part Two(adopted September 2013)) will form the development plan for the borough. 13. The Local Plan Part 2 has been in preparation since mid- 2010. During its preparation, as noted in ‘Statement of Community Involvement Statement – January 2014’ amended regulations came into force on 06 April 2012; amendments included the introduction of a duty to cooperate, reflecting the provisions of the Localism Act 2011 and a revision of the reference numbers relating to each part of the plan preparation process. 14. With reference to Regulation 38 regarding ‘Saving’ of work previously carried out in accordance with previous regulations the consultation completed prior to April 2012 (compliant with Regulations 25 of the 2004 Act) is considered to be compliant with Regulations 18 of the 2012 Regulations. On this basis the consultations noted in this statement will be referred to with reference to the current 2012 regulations. 15. As noted above this statement is one of a number of documents that will be submitted to the Secretary of State alongside the Regulation 22 Submission Plan. Other relevant Submission and supporting documents will include: - • The sustainability appraisal (SA) report. The SA process has been carried out alongside the development of the Publication Edition of the plan and has informed its content including consideration of the consultation feedback; • The duty to cooperate statement setting out how the Council has engaged with certain bodies identified in the Act including neighbouring authorities and national governmental organisations such as the Environment Agency/Network Rail and the Page 4 of 21 Highways Agency on strategic and/or cross-boundary matters in the preparation of the plan; and • Technical work on plan deliverability/viability and supporting evidence including an updated version of the Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA), Plan Viability assessment, a Green Belt Study, Employment land Review, a Local Highways Impact Study and a Level 2 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment. OVERVIEW OF KEY STAGES OF CONSULTATION ON THE PLAN AND POLICY DEVELOPMENT 16. Consultation has been an integral part of the preparation of the Local Plan and has been carried out to date, in a number of stages in the plan making process, as noted below in Table 1. 17. The Council tends to treat the statutory requirements as minimal obligations. It is committed to engaging with all who may be affected by and /or have expressed a wish to be involved with the preparation of plans that include their homes/neighbourhoods and the borough generally. The Council acknowledges that consultation is a 2- way process and made a commitment to all involved with this plan making process that it will feedback to residents to set out its response and the actions taken in relation to community/stakeholder feedback. More detail is provided in the following section. 18. It should be noted that consultation on the site allocations and Development Management policies elements of the plan has on some occasions been carried out separately as recorded below in Table 1. This is in part a reflection of the particular interests