Worthing Borough Council COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE LEVY (CIL) CONSULTATION STATEMENT JUNE 2014 Introduction This document provides a record of the consultation undertaken by Worthing Borough Council in preparing the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL). This includes a review of the consultation undertaken on both the Preliminary Draft Charging Schedule and the Draft Charging Schedule. This consultation statement documents which bodies and persons were invited to make representations and how those bodies and persons were invited to make such representations. This document should be read in association with the following: Statement of Representations Procedure Statement of Representations (Regulation 19) Statement of Modifications Consultation on the Preliminary Draft Charging Schedule Worthing Borough Council invited representations on its Community Infrastructure Levy Preliminary Draft Charging Schedule for a six week period between 30th January 2013 and 13th March 2013. Consultation Process The consultation undertaken on the Preliminary Draft Charging Schedule (PDCS) involved the following: The consultation documents and supporting evidence were made available to view on the Council’s website. All website links went live at 10.30am on 30th January 2013 and a new ‘tile’ covering the consultation was added to the homepage of the Council’s website. All documents were available here: http://www.adur-worthing.gov.uk/planning-policy/infrastructure/ The Council’s Twitter and Facebook feeds were used to publicise the consultation – see Appendix 1a. Hard copies of all relevant documents were available at the Council Offices and all of the libraries in the Borough – see Appendix 1b. The Planning Policy Newsletter (Appendix 1c) was used to publicise the consultation. The Newsletter with covering email (Appendix 1d) or letter (Appendix 1e) was sent to all statutory consultees. In addition, the Council also contacted all subscribers to the Planning Policy Newsletter circulation list and all other interested parties or general consultees on the council’s database. This included a large number of developers, land-owners, local businesses and resident / interest groups. A list of all consultees contacted can be found in Appendix 1f. Hard copies of the Newsletter were made available to pick up at Council offices and libraries. An advertisement was placed in the Worthing Herald (31/01/13) – see Appendix 1g. Representations A total of 13 representations were received by the Council during the consultation. The level of detail set out in each response varied significantly and covered a range of issues. All comments were considered by officers and Members and where relevant they helped to inform a further round of testing. The outcome of this work was reported within the Revised Viability Assessment (October 2013) which in turn helped to inform the preparation of the Draft Charging Schedule. All comments made during the PDCS consultation, and the officer response to these, were made available to view on the Council's website (Appendix 1h). Consultation on the Draft Charging Schedule Worthing Borough Council invited representations on its Community Infrastructure Levy Draft Charging Schedule for a six week period between 6th Mach 2014 and 17th April 2014. Consultation Process The consultation undertaken on the Draft Charging Schedule (DCS) involved the following: The consultation documents and supporting evidence were made available to view on the Council’s website. All website links went live on 4th March 2014. This included links from a number of pages including new tiles on the home page of the Council’s website. All documents were available here: http://www.adur-worthing.gov.uk/planning-policy/infrastructure/ The Council’s Twitter and Facebook feeds were used to publicise the consultation both at the start and during the consultation – See Appendix 2a. Hard copies of all relevant documents were available to the Council Offices and all of the libraries in the Borough – see Appendix 2b. The Planning Policy Newsletter (Appendix 2c) was used to publicise the consultation. The Newsletter with covering email (Appendix 2d) or letter (Appendix 2e) was sent to all statutory consultees. In addition, the Council also contacted all those that responded to the Preliminary Draft consultation, subscribers to the Planning Policy Newsletter circulation list and all other interested parties on the council’s consultee database. This included a large number of developers, land-owners, local businesses and resident / interest groups. A list of all consultees contacted can be found in Appendix 2f. Hard copies of the Newsletter were made available to pick up at Council offices and libraries. An advertisement was placed in the Worthing Herald (13/03/14) – see Appendix 2g. Representations A total of 10 representations (and 4 additional acknowledgements) were received by the Council during the consultation. Full details of the responses received can be found within the Council’s Regulation 19(1)(b) Statement. PART 1. PRELIMINARY DRAFT CHARGING SCHEDULE APPENDICES Appendix 1a: Preliminary Draft Charging Schedule Social Media Summary Figure 1. Facebook launch on 30th January 2013 Figure 2. Twitter launch on 30th January 2013 Appendix 1b: Preliminary Draft Charging Schedule Deposit Points for Documents and Newsletters Worthing Borough Council Worthing Town Hall, Portland House, Chapel Road, 44 Richmond Road, Worthing, Worthing, West Sussex, West Sussex, BN11 1HA BN11 1HS Libraries Worthing Library Goring Library Richmond Road Mulberry Lane Worthing Goring-by-Sea BN11 1HD Worthing BN12 4NR Findon Valley Library Durrington Library Lime Tree Avenue Salvington Road Findon Valley Worthing Worthing BN13 2JD BN14 0DH Broadwater Library Dominion Road Broadwater Worthing BN14 8JL Appendix 1c: PDCS Planning Policy Newsletter Figure 3. Winter 2013 Newsletter (Page 1) Figure 4. Winter 2013 Newsletter (Page 2) Appendix 1d: PDCS Newsletter Covering Email Figure 5. Covering email sent to consultees for the PDCS Consultation From: Ian Moody Sent: 30 January 2013 11:56 Subject: Worthing Planning Policy Newsletter - Community Infrastructure Levy Attachments: CIL Newsletter January 2013.pdf You have been sent this email as either a subscriber to the Worthing Planning Policy Newsletter or as someone who may have an interest in policy matters within the Borough, particularly the emerging Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL). Worthing Borough Council is in the process of introducing a CIL to allow funds to be raised from developers to pay for infrastructure that is needed as a result of development. As part of this process a Preliminary Draft Charging Schedule has been prepared which sets out the potential charges across the Borough. This is the first stage in our consultation and the Council is keen to hear the views of all interested parties and stakeholders (closing date for comment is 13th March). The latest version of the Planning Policy Newsletter (attached) provides more detail and links to the key documents. Please use the contact information supplied on the Newsletter to submit any comments or notify me of any changes to your contact details. Regards Ian Ian Moody - Principal Planning Officer | Planning Policy, Worthing Borough Council and Adur District Council Location: Adur Civic Centre - Room 221 Internal: 63009 | External: 01273 263009 | E-mail: [email protected] Appendix 1e: PDCS Newsletter Covering Letter Figure 6. Covering letter sent to consultees for the PDCS Consultation Appendix 1f: PDCS List of Consultees Below is a list of all consultees sent a newsletter and either a covering letter or email during the PDCS consultation. Note – this list does not include individuals / residents (including those that subscribe to the Planning Policy Newsletter). Ability Housing Association Blue Sky Planning Ltd Adams Hendry Consulting Ltd Boots The Chemist Adur District Council Bovis Homes Affinity Sutton Boyer Planning Aid for Trade Brighton & Hove City Council Alliance Environment & Planning Ltd British Gas Plc AMEC Environment and Infrastructure British Horse Society UK Ltd (on behalf of National Grid) British Rail Property Board Amicus Horizon Housing Group British Telecom Angmering Parish Council Broadwater (Worthing) Community Anstone Properties Ltd Association Architectus Ltd Broadwater Residents Action Group Ardington Hotel Broadway Malyan Arun District Council Brunswick Hotel Avante Partnership Burlington Hotel Avid Development Ltd C G Spratt Aviva C.B.R.E B & S Ventures (Worthing) Limited Cable & Wireless B&W Group Ltd Campaign For Real Ale Ltd Banner Homes (Wessex) Ltd Cantium (Durrington) Ltd Barton Willmore Capella Holdings Batcheller Thacker Cellnet Becket Resident's Association Central Ward Residents Association Bellway Homes Central Worthing Residents' Blackrock UK Property Fund Association Bloomfields Ltd Central Worthing Resident's Blue Earth Web Solutions Association Centrepoint Car Sales East Worthing Community Association CgMs Consulting ECE Planning Chatsworth Hotel EDF Energy Chichester District Council Elm Grove County First School Chloe Antiques English Heritage Chris Thomas Ltd Environment Agency Churches Together in Worthing Equiniti Churchill Retirement Living Ltd Factory Outlets City & Provincial Properties Plc Federation of Small Businesses Clapham Parish Council Ferring Parish Council Clifford Dann LLP FFT Planning Cliveden Homes Findon Parish Council Cluttons LLP Findon Valley Resident's Association Coal Authority Framptons Planning