Statement of Community Involvement

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Dear Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council,

Here at Civic Voice we are campaigning to put public participation at the heart of the planning system. With this in mind:

- Can you confirm as to whether your local authority has a Statement of Community Involvement?
- Can you confirm when the authority published the Statement of Community Involvement?
- When is your next expected consultation/update?
- Do you have a publicly available link to the SCI?
- Is the local civic society or Civic Trust identified by the local planning authority as a Consultee (whether Statutory or Non-Statutory) in the Planning System within the Statement of Community Involvement?

Kind Regards,

Sophie Mason
Finance and Administration Officer
Civic Voice

InformationRights, Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council

Dear Ms Mason,

 

 

Thank you for your request for information about Statement of Community
Involvement, which was received on 28 June 2019.

 

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Yours sincerely

 

 

Fakhara Qanwal

 

InformationRights, Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council

Dear Ms Mason

 

Freedom of Information Request RFI0951/19

 

Further to your request for information about Statement of Community
Involvement, I can tell you the following:

 

1 - Can you confirm as to whether your local authority has a Statement of
Community Involvement?  Yes

2 - Can you confirm when the authority published the Statement of
Community Involvement?  Yes

3 - When is your next expected consultation/update?  The SCI has recently
been revised back in November 2018

 

4 - Do you have a publicly available link to the SCI?  Yes 
[1]https://go.walsall.gov.uk/ldf_statement_...

5 - Is the local civic society or Civic Trust identified by the local
planning authority as a Consultee (whether Statutory or Non-Statutory) in
the Planning System within the Statement of Community Involvement?  Yes –
They would fall under the umbrella of General Consultees for Local Plans –
Voluntary Bodies. See page 59 of the SCI.

 

Walsall Civic Society are consulted on heritage planning applications
submitted to the Local Planning Authority.

 

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send to: Corporate Assurance Manager, Resources & Transformation, Civic
Centre, Darwall Street, Walsall, WS1 1TP.

 

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Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9
5AF. [2]https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/

 

Yours sincerely

 

 

Anne Perks

Assurance Officer

Assurance Team, Resources and Transformation

Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council

3rd Floor (HR Suite), Civic Centre, Darwall Street, Walsall, WS1 1DG

Tel: 01922 65 2405         

Email: [3][email address]

Web: [4]www.walsall.gov.uk

 

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