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The Statement of Community Involvement (SCI) is a document which includes information on how and when members of the public can get involved in all aspects of planning, whether it is commenting on individual applications or being part of policy formulation. Dudley Council is required to conform to this document in undertaking its statutory planning functions.
A committment in the document is that the Council will convene a Focus Group once a year. The purpose of the group is to monitor the implementation of the Statement of Community Involvement (SCI) in relation to Dudley MBC Planning Department's Local Development Framework and Development Control activities.
Focus group members will be expected to:
The first meeting of the Focus Group took place on Wednesday 10 October 2007. Local residents and representatives from community and voluntary organisations were invited by Dudley Council and Dosti. Below are some links from which you can download information in relation to that Focus Group meeting and the Statement of Community Involvement.
Background papers for the October meeting can be viewed by clicking on these two links:
A questionnaire completed by Focus Group members can be viewed here: SCI Questionnaire
Comments from group members in response to the questionnaire can be viewed here: Questionnaire Responses
The Annual Monitoring Report, a document which Dudley MBC submits to Government, includes a chapter reflecting the questionnaire responses and discussions at the Focus Group meeting. Click here to view the chapter.
The Council's full 2007 Annual Monitoring Report is available on the Annual Monitoring Report section of the Council's website
Click here to visit Dudley Council's SCI website pages Click here to see the Role Description for group members.
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