Statement of Consultation for the Broxtowe Borough, Gedling Borough and Nottingham City Aligned Core Strategy Development Plan Document
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Statement of Consultation for the Broxtowe Borough, Gedling Borough and Nottingham City Aligned Core Strategy Development Plan Document Part 1 Gedling Borough Council Review of the Publication Version Aligned Core Strategy Consultation In accordance with Regulation 22(1) (c) of The Town and Country Planning (Local Development) (England) Regulations 2012 February 2013 CONTENTS Introduction 2 Stages of Consultation 2 Publication Version Core Strategy publication stage 3 Who was consulted? 4 How was the consultation undertaken? 4 What were the main issues raised by the consultation? 6 Appendices Appendix A – A list of consultees invited to make representations 7 Appendix B – A list of consultees who made representations 21 List of Tables Table 1 - Stages of consultation of the Aligned Core Strategy for Gedling Borough 3 Aligned Core Strategy for Gedling Borough Statement of Consultation January 2013 Page 1 1.0 Introduction 1.1 This document the Statement of Consultation on the Broxtowe Borough, Gedling Borough and Nottingham City Aligned Core Strategy Development Plan Document, prepared in order to fulfil Regulation 22(1)(c) of the Town and Country Planning (Local Development) (England) Regulations 2012. It should be read in conjunction with the Regulation Statement 19 published June 2012. 1.2 This addendum forms part of the package of documents that has been submitted to a government appointed inspector for independent examination alongside the Broxtowe Borough, Gedling Borough and Nottingham City Publication Version Aligned Core Strategies, under Regulation 22, ‘Submission of documents and information to the Secretary of State’. 1.3 In accordance with Regulation 22(1) (c), the purpose of this document is to describe the consultation undertaken by Gedling Borough relating to the publication of the ‘Broxtowe Borough, Gedling Borough and Nottingham City Aligned Core Strategies’ Publication Version in June 2012. This document summarises the Aligned Core Strategies’ ‘Publication Version’ stage of consultation undertaken including stating which bodies and persons were invited to make representations and how they were invited to do this. In accordance with Regulation 22(1) (c)(v) the number of representations made under Regulation 20. Are set out in this paper. 1.4 In meeting the requirements of this regulation, each Council has prepared this separate Part 1 document covering: Which bodies and persons were invited to make representations on the Broxtowe Borough, Gedling Borough and Nottingham City Aligned Core Strategies – Publication Version 2012; How those bodies and persons were invited to make representations; How many representations were made; and Which bodies and persons made representations. 1.5 Part 2 of this document comprises a summary of the main issues raised in representations across all three council areas covered by the Broxtowe Borough, Gedling Borough and Nottingham City Aligned Core Strategies Publication Version. 2.0 Stages of Consultation 2.1 A summary timeline for the main production stages of the Broxtowe Borough, Gedling Borough and Nottingham City Aligned Core Strategies is set out in Table 1 and should provide context to the overall development of the development plan document. Having completed the ‘Publication Version Aligned Core Strategies’ stage of Aligned Core Strategy for Gedling Borough Statement of Consultation January 2013 Page 2 consultation, the Councils are now at the point of submission (highlighted in Table 1 below). Table 1: Stages of the Preparation of the Aligned Core Strategies for Broxtowe, Gedling Borough and Nottingham City Preparation Stage/Document Content Review of previous Core Strategy Issues Paper which set out work on new planning and Options Paper issues for the Core system including June 2009 (Monday Strategy to address and preparation of Issues 15/6/09-Friday 31/7/09) a range of options along & Options document with questions on those options Consideration of Core Strategy Options Report sets out the consultation for Consultation Council’s Options - 19 responses and February 2010 (Monday Policies and the preparation of Option 15/2/10-Monday 12/4/10) reasoning behind the for Consultation options Consideration of Housing Provision Report sets out a revised responses and Position Paper and Policy 1 – Climate preparation of Climate Change Policy change and the Housing Provision Consultation Council’s position on Position Paper and (Monday 25/7/11-Friday housing provision, Climate Change Policy 19/9/11) prepared as a result of the intention of the Government to abolish Regional Spatial Strategies Consideration of Publication Core Core Strategy prepared responses and Strategy with 19 Policies formulation of the Monday 11th June – published on 11 June Publication Core Monday 23rd July 2012 2012 Strategy (Regulation 19 Statement) See Summary of Submission Core Core Strategy prepared Representations Strategy with 19 Policies (Regulation 22 (c) March 2013 Statement) 3.0 Publication Version Aligned Core Strategy 3.1 The Aligned Core Strategy has gone through a number of stages of consultation before reaching the Publication Version Core Strategy in June 2012. Extensive consultation with the public, infrastructure providers, businesses, developers, experts and other stakeholders was undertaken at key points of document development since 2009, as detailed in the Regulation 19 Statement of Consultation, published June 2012. Aligned Core Strategy for Gedling Borough Statement of Consultation January 2013 Page 3 3.2 The Publication Version Aligned Core Strategy was made available for a period of 6 weeks, between 11th June and 23rd July 2012 to allow representations to be made. This gave the opportunity for the public stakeholders to submit formal representations to the Council giving their views on legal compliancy and ‘soundness’ of the Publication Version Aligned Core Strategy. 4.0 Who was consulted? 4.1 Gedling Borough consulted all Specific and General consultees as required by the regulations and also those persons or bodies on its consultee data base. The full list of organisations/people consulted is shown at Appendix A of this document.. 4.2 Documents were published, put on the website and placed at locations across Broxtowe Borough, Gedling Borough and Nottingham City. Instructions as to how to make duly made representations, as well as all required supporting documentation, were provided online and at these locations so that members of the public and any other person or body could make representations whether directly invited to do so or not. 5.0 How was the consultation undertaken? 5.1 The adopted methodology and techniques for engagement were in accordance with the Gedling Borough’s adopted SCI and the regulations1 5.2 In addition to the published documents an information leaflet t summarising the Aligned Core Strategies for Broxtowe, Gedling and Nottingham City was also produced and targeted at the general public in order to increase awareness and understanding. The methods used to publicise the Aligned Core Strategy are summarised below. Notification letters/ emails to stakeholders (11th June 2012) – Notification letters and/or emails (as appropriate) were sent out to all those listed on the Gedling Borough Council’s consultation database and all Specific and General consultees. During June, an e-bulletin was added to the Community and Voluntary service website alerting the various voluntary groups to the consultation exercise. Documents for inspection (11th June 2012) – The Core Strategy and supporting documentation (including the Sustainability Appraisal, Statement of Consultation information booklet and appropriate forms) were made available at the following locations: Gedling One Stop Civic Centre, Arnot Hill Park, Arnold; 1 The Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012 Aligned Core Strategy for Gedling Borough Statement of Consultation January 2013 Page 4 St Georges Centre Victoria Road, Netherfield; Bestwood Village Social Club, Park Road Arnold Library, Front Street, Arnold; Burton Joyce Library, meadow Lane; Calverton Library, St. Wilfrid’s Square; Carlton Library, Manor Road; Carlton Hill Library, Carlton Hill; Gedling Library, Wollaton Avenue; Hucknall Library, South Street; Mapperley library, Westdale Lane; Ravenshead Library, Milton Court; Woodthorpe Library, Wensley Road. In addition it was advertised that officers would be in attendance at the following locations in order to answer questions and provide assistance in completing response forms. Location Date Time Arnold Library Friday 29 June 10am - 12pm Bestwood Village Miners Monday 9 July 7pm – 9pm Welfare & Social Club Wednesday 11 - July 10am 12pm Burton Joyce Library Wednesday 27 June 5pm - 7pm Calverton Library Wednesday 4 July 10am – 12pm Monday 9 July 4pm – 6pm Carlton Library Thursday 5 July 5pm - 7pm Carlton Hill Library Monday 2 July 3pm - 5pm Gedling Library Thursday 12 July 4pm - 6pm Hucknall Library Tuesday 3 July 5pm - 7pm Thursday 12 July 10am – 12pm Mapperley Library Monday 9 July 4pm - 6pm Ravenshead Library Friday 29 June 10am - 12pm Tuesday 10 July 4pm – 6 pm Woodthorpe Library Wednesday 11 July 4pm - 6pm Website updated, with documents for inspection (11th June 2012) – The Aligned Core Strategy and supporting documentation (including the Sustainability Appraisal, Statement of Consultation, Information leaflet and appropriate forms) were made available for inspection for the full period of consultation on Gedling Borough’s website. The website