Derbyshire Dales Local Plan Pre Submission Draft Statement Of
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Derbyshire Dales Local Plan Pre Submission Draft Statement of Consultation June 2013 Contents 1. Introduction 2 2. Derbyshire Dales Core Strategy Topic Papers – 5 Stakeholder Workshops June 2007 – January 2008 3. Derbyshire Dales and High Peak Joint Core Strategy 9 Issues and Options, March – May 2009 4. Derbyshire Dales and High Peak Joint Core Strategy 1 Growth Options August – October 2009 5. Derbyshire Dales and High Peak Joint Core Strategy 14 Draft Plan June - July 2010 6. Derbyshire Dales and High Peak Joint Core Strategy 17 Community Conversations, June – July 2011 7. Transition from Derbyshire Dales and High Peak Joint Core Strategy to Derbyshire Dales Local Plan 8. Derbyshire Dales Local Plan Housing Issues and 22 Options and Settlement Framework Boundary Review, June - August 2012 9. Derbyshire Dales Local Plan Pre-Submission Draft, 25 June 2013 – July 2013 Appendix 1 – Consultation Leaflets 27 Appendix 2 – Derbyshire Dales Community Conversations 60 Comment Summary Outcomes Appendix 3 – List of Consultees for 2012 and 2013 66 Consultations Appendix 4 – Press Cuttings of Advertisements placed in 72 Local Press to Advertise the Housing Issues and Options/ Settlement Framework Boundary Review Consultations Summer 2012 Appendix 5 - Summary of Comments raised by Housing 84 Issues and Options and Settlement Framework Boundary Review Consultations Summer 2012 1 1. Introduction 1.1 This statement has been prepared to demonstrate how the District Council has involved the public and other stakeholders in the during the preparation of the Derbyshire Dales Local Plan. 1.2 This statement has also been prepared to comply with the requirements of Regulation 22 of The Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012. 1.3 This statement sets out: i) Who was consulted in the preparation of the Derbyshire Dales Local Plan. ii) How the Public and other Stakeholders were consulted. iii) The main issues which were raised as a result of the Consultation. iv) How the representations have been taken into account. Background 1.4 In February 2007 the Council adopted its Statement of Community Involvement (SCI), which sets out how the community and other stakeholders will be engaged in the preparation of Development Plan Documents and when planning applications are received 1. In undertaking Public Consultation the Council has been mindful of its commitment to Community Consultation which was established in the SCI. In addition to this, the principles and standards of good consultation and engagement which have been incorporated into the Council’s Corporate Consultation and Engagement Strategy have been drawn upon when consulting on the preparation of the Derbyshire Dales Local Plan.. 1.5 Work began on the preparation of the Derbyshire Dales Local Plan following the termination of joint working arrangements with High Peak Borough Council in April 2012. The two local planning authorities had until that point been working on the production of a Derbyshire Dales and High Peak Joint Core Strategy. However, at that time work to assess the latest evidence on the number of houses needed in Derbyshire Dales and High Peak in the period up to 2026, had shown that there were significant differences in the housing markets in operation across the Peak Sub-Region. Furthermore with the introduction of the Localism Act and the National Planning Policy Framework, the District Council was mindful of the tone and content of emerging guidance that referred to ‘Local Plans’ and not Local Development Frameworks or Core Strategy, and as such decided to 1 http://www.derbyshiredales.gov.uk/images/documents/L/Local%20Plan%20- %20Adopted%20Statement%20of%20Community%20Involvement.pdf 2 produce a Local Plan for area for which it is the local planning authority. 1.6 Although the Derbyshire Dales and High Peak Joint Core Strategy is no longer being prepared, the consultations and other joint evidence studies undertaken as part of the process still form part of the evidence base for the Derbyshire Dales Local Plan. The table below sets out the key consultations undertaken to date, in respect of the preparation of the Derbyshire Dales Local Plan. Event/Consultation Dates Stakeholder workshops on Topic June 2007 – January 2008 Papers (Derbyshire Dales Core Strategy) Consultation on Issues and Options 26 th March 2009 - 21 st May (Joint Core Strategy) 2009 Consultation on Growth Options 27 th August 2009 – 1 st October (Joint Core Strategy) 2009 Consultation on Draft Plan (Joint 3rd June 2010 – 15 th July 2010 Core Strategy) Community Conversations June – July 2011 Consultation on Housing Issues and 14 th June 2012 – 30 th August Options and Settlement Framework 2012 Boundary Review (Derbyshire Dales Local Plan) Consultation on Pre-Submission Plan 13 th June 2013 – 24 th July (Derbyshire Dales Local Plan) 2013 1.7 This Statement considers each of these stages in the following sections. Each section sets out who was consulted, how they were consulted, the main issues raised in representations received at each stage, and how they have been addressed by the Council in each stage of the Local Plan preparation. This Statement is supported by a comprehensive set of appendices which provide further details of each consultation exercise. A list of organisations consulted at each stage of the process is included in Appendix 1. Duty to Cooperate 1.8 Whilst the East Midlands Regional Plan has now been revoked, this decision does not take away the need to address planning issues of cross authority boundary significance. To achieve this, public bodies now have a duty to cooperate on planning issues that cross administrative boundaries. Local Planning Authorities are required to work collaboratively with other bodies to ensure that strategic priorities across local boundaries are properly coordinated and clearly reflected in individual local plans. 3 1.9 The Duty to Cooperate is a legislative requirement that an Inspector appointed by the Secretary of State has to assess to determine whether a local planning authority has satisfied the duty prior to giving consideration to the ‘soundness’ of the plan. A failure to comply with the Duty to Cooperate will mean that the Local Plan cannot proceed to be tested against the Tests of Soundness set out in Paragraph 182 of the NPPF. 1.10 The Duty to Cooperate is a continuous activity that takes pace throughout the preparation of the plan. The District Council considers that because of the extensive collaboration it has undertaken during the preparation of the Derbyshire Dales Local Plan across the Peak Sub Region, and with the relevant stakeholders it is able to satisfy the requirements of the duty. 1.11 A separate statement on the District Council’s Duty to Co-operate will be published when the Derbyshire Dales Local Plan is submitted to the Secretary of State. 4 2. Derbyshire Dales Core Strategy Topic Papers – Stakeholder Workshops June 2007 – January 2008 2.1 Prior to the commencing work on the preparation of a Joint Core Strategy with High Peak Borough Council, the District Council prepared a number of topic papers to inform the preparation of a Derbyshire Dales Core Strategy. The following topic papers were prepared during 2007-2008: • Sustainable Development & Development Strategy 2 • Crime and Community Safety 3 • Leisure 4 • Health 5 • Natural and Historic Environment 6 • Climate Change and Flood Risk 7 • Transport 8 Who was consulted? 2.2 Whilst these topic papers were not subject to any public consultation in order to validate their contents the District Council held a series of workshop events in mid 2007 to early 2008. For each workshop the list below details those stakeholders who attended. Sustainable Development and Development Strategy Workshop (27 th June 2007) DDDC Anti-Social Behaviour Officer DDDC Leisure Officer Brailsford Parish Council Matlock Surrounding Communities 50+ Forum Community Safety Officer Matlock Town Council Consultation and Community Partnership Sergeant Planning Officer Derbyshire County Council Peak District Rural Action Zone Derbyshire Dales CVS Safer Derbyshire Team Derbyshire Primary Care Trust The National Trust Derbyshire Ramblers Association Wirksworth Sports Group First Movement Wirksworth Town Council Highfields School 2 http://www.derbyshiredales.gov.uk/images/documents/S/Sustainable%20Development%20and%20Development%20Strategy.pd f 3 http://www.derbyshiredales.gov.uk/images/documents/C/Crime%20and%20Community%20Safety.pdf 4 http://www.derbyshiredales.gov.uk/images/documents/L/Leisure%20Topic%20Paper.pdf 5 http://www.derbyshiredales.gov.uk/images/documents/H/Health%20Topic%20Paper.pdf 6 http://www.derbyshiredales.gov.uk/images/documents/N/Natural%20and%20Historic%20Environment%20Topic%20Paper.pdf 7 http://www.derbyshiredales.gov.uk/images/documents/C/Climate%20Change%20and%20Flood%20Risk.pdf 8 http://www.derbyshiredales.gov.uk/images/documents/T/Transport%20Topic%20Paper.pdf 5 Crime, Leisure and Health Workshop (12 th September 2007) Partnership Sergeant Derbyshire Ramblers Association Derbyshire Primary Care Trust Wirksworth Town Council Derbyshire County Council Derbyshire Dales CVS Highfields School Brailsford Parish Council Wirksworth Sports Group Consultation and Community Planning Officer Peak District Rural Action Zone First Movement Matlock and Surrounding Safer Derbyshire Team Communities 50+ Forum Anti-Social Behaviour Officer Matlock Town Council DDDC Leisure Officer Derbyshire County Council The National Trust Principal Environmental Health Officer Community Safety