Forward plan

Statement of Community Involvement New!

Decision maker:  Corporate Director (Place) and Deputy Chief Executive, Executive, Council Meeting

Decision:   29 Oct 2015

Lead officer:  Emma Curle, Richard Wood

Decision status:  Recommendations Approved

Notice of proposed decision first published: 30/07/2015

This decision will be taken under urgency procedures.

Reason for urgency:
The Statement of Community Involvement (SCI) needs to be revised to reflect changes to the Council’s planning processes, to national legislation and to regional and local agencies. Most pressingly, a revision of the SCI is required to detail the consultation arrangements for the Greater Manchester Spatial Framework (GMSF) before statutory stages of consultation can be undertaken, in accordance with the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (as amended).
Before an SCI can be adopted, the Council is required to undertake a public consultation period of not less than 6 weeks. The decision required is to publish the revised SCI for consultation beginning as soon as possible. Delaying the consultation would hamper the SCI being agreed by the Council in time to allow the GMSF consultation to commence in conjunction with other Greater Manchester authorities. It has not been possible to agree the consultation document earlier due to ongoing negotiations over the GMSF arrangements.

Anticipated restriction: Open  -