BOROUGH COUNCIL

Statement of Community Involvement - Consultation Statement

1. Introduction

1.1 has prepared a new Statement of Community Involvement (SCI). The SCI sets out out how the council will involve communities, local businesses and other stakeholders in the planning process. It will guide our approach to stakeholder engagement with the Local Plan and other planning policy documents, neighbourhood plans and development management decisions.

1.2 This consultation statement sets out the following information:

i. The persons the local planning authority consulted when preparing the SCI; ii. The methods used to consult on the document; iii. A summary of the main issues raised by those persons; and iv. How those issues have been addressed in the SCI

2. Formal Consultation on the draft SCI

2.1 Public consultation of the draft SCI took place from Friday 19th July to Friday 13th September 2019. The consultation ran for 8 weeks instead of 6 to account for the summer holidays and to ensure that everybody had sufficient opportunity to participate in the consultation. A press notice was published in the on 19th July 2019 to notify the public of the consultation.

2.2 The document was uploaded for comment onto the Planning department’s bespoke consultation software. The webpage provided information about how comments could be made and the deadline for making representations. A copy of the draft document was also placed in the Town Hall reception for viewing.

2.3 Details about the consultation were uploaded onto the council’s main website and also the Local Plan website. Information was provided about what was being consulted on, where the document could be viewed and how and when comments could be made.

2.4 Emails were also sent to all those on the council’s Planning Policy consultation database, including to statutory consultation bodies. The list of statutory and general consultation bodies who were consulted are listed in Appendix A.

3. Issues Raised in the Consultation

3.1 Appendix B identifies the responses received, the key issues identified by the named consultees and how the council addressed these issues.

Appendix A - Statutory and General Consultation Bodies (Organisations) Consulted

Abbots Langley Parish Council Borough of Hillingdon

Affinity Water National Federation of Gypsy Liaison Groups

Aldenham Parish Council NHS

Broxbourne Borough Council Marine Management Organisation

Cadentgas National Grid

Campaign for Real Ale Natural England

Centrica Network Rail

Chiltern District Council Office of Rail Regulation

Civil Aviation Authority One YMCA

Croxley Green Parish Council RSPB

Dacorum Borough Council District Council

Defence Infrastructure Organisation Borough Council

Department of Transport

English, Welsh and Scottish Railways Ltd. The Coal Authority

Environment Agency The Theatres Trust

Friends of the Earth Council

Greater London Authority Transport for London

Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust UK Power Networks

Hertfordshire Constabulary Vodafone and O2

Hertfordshire County Council Watford Community Housing Trust

Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service

Hertfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership Parish Council

Hertsmere Borough Council Hatfield Borough Council

Herts Valleys Clinical Commissioning Group WENTA

Highways England West Herts Hospitals NHS Trust

Historic England West Watford Community Association

Homes and Communities Agency

Homes England

London Borough of Barnet

London Borough of Harrow Appendix B - Summary of issues raised in the consultation and how they have been addressed

The total number of submissions: 3

Name Organisation Summary How addressed Richard Carr Transport for London Supports Transport for London’s inclusion in the Comments noted - no document as a Duty to Cooperate organisation change to document required Jacqui Salt Natural England Natural England supports early engagement in the Comments noted - no planning process but otherwise has no comments on change to document the document required Martin Wells Hertfordshire County Council No specific comment Comments noted - no change to document required