THE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT SCHEME Sample Clauses

THE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT SCHEME. Aims of the CIS 3.1 The aims of the CIS are as follows: i) To detail how the development plan will be prepared, developed, monitored and reviewed in partnership with the community and other stakeholders. ii) To improve the process of plan preparation by engaging with the public, involving them fully, effectively and inclusively in the preparation of the LDP. iii) To seek to establish a consensus between stakeholders on the plan’s aims and objectives and in its options and preferred strategy. iv) To provide a transparent and structured process of engagement with the community, at all stages in the preparation of the LDP. v) To incorporate into the process best practice regarding sustainable development and the requirements of the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) Directive. vi) To detail how the Council will effectively engage with the community in the preparation of SPG that relates to the LDP. vii) To use these processes to produce a sound plan. 3.2 The following 8 principles show the overall approach to community involvement. i) Officers and members should ensure that the local community is continuously educated in the broad principles of the planning system as a continuing programme, but in particular during the pre-Deposit period. ii) During the pre-Deposit period officers have spent time ‘in the community’ and encouraged the active participation of those with an interest in, or who may be affected by the LDP. This approach will continue during the revised Deposit LDP and beyond up to adoption. iii) All community involvement activities relating to land use planning should be an essential part of the Council’s wider community planning process. iv) Stakeholders are actively involved in preparing, reviewing and updating development plan processes and policies. v) Community involvement in the development plan should be integrated with the established democratic process. Elected members should have clearly defined roles in the preparation of the development plan. vi) Information on planning issues is made available to stakeholders as soon as possible and in accessible formats. vii) As part of a two way process stakeholders are informed of the outcomes of community involvement exercises. viii) In preparing and undertaking community involvement, the Council will give adequate consideration to its available time and resources. 3.3 The Council is a caring and customer focused organisation. Therefore, it will seek to understand and respond to customer nee...