The Statement of Community Involvement (SCI) outlines how Great Yarmouth Borough Council intends to involve the local community and key organisations in the preparation of the Local Development Framework for the Borough.  It also outlines the arrangements for consultation on applications for planning permission. The SCI is effective for the whole of the Borough.

The Council welcomes the Governments guidelines that require councils to consult far more extensively than before, both in deciding what goes into planning policy documents and before making decisions on planning applications.

On the 29th June, the Council submitted its revised draft Statement of Community Involvement to the Secretary of State for Independent Examination. In preparation, the Council had to prepare a statement of compliance detailing how we have compiled with the requirements of the Town and Country Planning (Local Development) (England) Regulation 2004.  The statement of compliance explains how the Council have dealt with the consultation under Regulation 25, how the Council have sought representations in accordance with Regulation 26 and how the Council has addressed the representations received in the submitted Statement of Community Involvement.

Documents

The following documents can be viewed and downloaded:

 Pre-submission Consultation and Responses Statement (Including representations made at Regulation 25 and 26 consultation stages (128kb)

 Guidance Notes and Statement of Compliance (30kb)

Great Yarmouth Borough Council - Responses Statement (Regulation 31).doc

Following this submission an independent examination was held in October 2005, and the Planning Inspectors Report was received on the 22 November 2005.

 Inspectors Report.pdf (16kb)

The SCI was then amended in line with the Inspector's Report and formally adopted on 12 January 2005.  The Council has also released an adoption statement.

 Adopted Statement of Community Involvement.pdf (6754kb)

Both documents can be viewed at the following locations during normal office hours Monday – Friday 09.00 – 17.00:

Great Yarmouth Borough Council
Planning and Development Department Reception
Maltings House
Malthouse Lane
Gorleston
Great Yarmouth
Norfolk, NR31 OGY

Town Hall Reception
Town Hall
Great Yarmouth
Norfolk
NR30 2QF

Copies have been supplied to Public Libraries and Community Liaison & Information Points (CLIP)