Decision details

To consult the public on the Parkwood Springs Masterplan (Draft Supplementary Planning Document). It will establish the vision and strategy for Parkwood Springs, and invite input from the range of groups affected by it.

The Chief Planning Officer:-

(i) approves the public consultation exercise on the ‘Parkwood Springs Draft Masterplan, Supplementary Planning Document’ set out in the report and authorises the Forward and Area Planning Team to implement the consultation programme in accordance with the proposed consultation methods and timetable set out in the report; and

(ii) notes that the outcome of this consultation and any amendments made to the ‘Parkwood Springs Draft Masterplan, Supplementary Planning Document’ will be the subject of further executive decision making.

The consultation methods outlined above will consult the public in line with the Statement of Community Involvement. The additional consultation options proposed and outlined at paragraph 1.1 of the report above will ensure an appropriate and proportionate level of, and effective means of engagement with the public.

The subsequent preparation of a consultation statement and amended Masterplan will comply with the principles of consultation and the Local Planning Regulations set out at paragraph 4.3.1 of the report.

Some of the consultation methods go beyond the essential requirements in the Statement of Community Involvement and so in that sense a consultation exercise employing fewer methods of consultation could have been undertaken and was an alternative option considered.  For example the proposed drop-in event in the Winter Garden and targeted Social Media to local residents are not included in the list of activities that the Council must undertake when consulting on an SPD. Such methods, however, are very useful in capturing a wider audience from across the city. Given the size of Parkwood Springs and the desire to engage with residents in the most effective way possible the additional consultation methods are considered appropriate.