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Development Planning with Kent County Council - Getting
involved
We are about to prepare a new Statement of Community Involvement
(SCI). To make sure the SCI truly reflects the needs and wishes of
our communities we are now inviting you to let us
know what you would like to see in the document. To find out more
and tell us your views go to our
consultation
portal (link opens in a new window). Further details are also
on the
Statement of Community Involvement page.
The Minerals and Waste Development Framework
The Government has introduced a new system of preparing
development plans under the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act
2004. The Minerals and Waste Local Plans are to be replaced with a
Minerals and Waste Development Framework, which Kent County Council
is producing as the minerals and waste planning authority.
The new "framework" is like a folder containing a collection of
minerals and waste documents known as Local Development Documents
(there are two types: Development Plan Documents and Supplementary
Planning Documents). Development Plan Documents, together with the
Regional Spatial Strategy for the South East (the South East Plan),
will form the development plan for minerals and waste in Kent.
One of the key aims of the new system is to encourage greater
community participation. Each Development Plan Document goes
through three stages of consultation: Issues and options, Preferred
Options and Submission. Further details can be found on the MDF and
WDF pages.
The framework also contains a number of supporting
documents:
- The
Minerals and Waste Development Scheme, which sets out the
timetable for preparing the various Minerals and Waste Local
Development Documents.
- The
Statement of Community Involvement, which sets out how KCC will
engage with the public and stakeholders regarding the preparation
of development plans and planning applications.
- The
Annual Monitoring Report, which provides monitoring data
regarding the Minerals and Waste Development Scheme and the
performance of policies within Development Plan
Documents.
Further information on the preparation of Local Development
Frameworks can be accessed by visiting the
Department
of Communities and Local Government's website (link opens in a
new window). |