Issue - meetings

This report advises of the ongoing work on the Statement of Community Involvement (SCI) and asks the Executive to recommend the draft SCI to Full Council for approval.

Note:   The draft SCI is available to view on the Council’s website, at www.york.gov.uk.  Copies are available, if required, from Democratic Services – contact details at the foot of this agenda.

Members considered a report which informed them of the ongoing work on the Statement of Community Involvement (SCI) and asked them to recommend the draft SCI to full Council for approval.

Consultation on the draft SCI had been carried out between 22 February and 10 April 2006.  In total, 238 comments had been received.  These were summarised in Annex A to the report, together with Officers’ responses.  The draft had subsequently been revised to deal with issues raised during consultation.  The Council was required to carry out further consultation once the draft SCI had been approved for submission to the Secretary of State.  A statement of consultation must also be submitted; this would be a factual description of consultation undertaken to date, with details of how the issues raised had been addressed in subsequent drafts of the SCI.

The revised draft had been considered by the Local Development Framework (LDF) Working Group at their meeting on 7 November.  The Group had recommended a number of further changes, details of which were attached as Annex B to the report. 

RESOLVED:             That the making of any incidental changes to the document that are necessary as a result of the Executive’s recommendations be delegated to the Director of City Strategy, in consultation with the Executive Member and Shadow Executive Member for City Strategy.

REASON:      So that all necessary changes to the document can be made without delay, subject to Council approving the Executive’s recommendations.