Statement of Community Involvement
The planning system aims to be faster and more responsive to change. The Statement of Community Involvement provides important information on how a commitment to consultation, in line with the Council’s Consultation Strategy, will support the planning system in its aims.
Our vision for Community Involvement
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The aim of the City Council is to comprehensively engage with users of the City including residents, service users, stakeholders and partners in a meaningful and cost effective way where the outcomes from such engagement demonstrate both real benefits for the community and value for money for the authority. |
Everybody has an opinion on the neighbourhood in which they live, and more widely, an opinion on Lincoln as a City. Everybody has ideas for improving these places, and this usually has a lot to do with the way we use space. It is thus vitally important that local people are involved in the development of planning policy as well as decisions on applications.
The Council is committed to continuous involvement, and thus take into account all input from the community. However there are stages in the policy process where community involvement is statutory and “formal consultation” must take place within a scheduled time frame. The Statement of Community Involvement helps you to make sense of the process, distinguish between formal and informal consultations, and to understand how the results will be fed into policy preparation and planning application decisions.
To request a copy of the Statement of Community Involvement and how to get involved in the development of planning policy, please contact us. Alternatively, you can download a copy by clicking here or via the shortcut bar on the right hand bar.
Last updated: 18th February 2009
