Part 2

Local development

Documents

Statement of community involvement
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1
The local planning authority must prepare a statement of community involvement.
2
The statement of community involvement is a statement of the authority’s policy as to the involvement in the exercise of the authority’s functions under sections 19, 26 and 28 of this Act and Part 3 of the principal Act of persons who appear to the authority to have an interest in matters relating to development in their area.
3
For the purposes of sections 19(2) and 24 the statement of community involvement is not a local development document.
4
Section 20 applies to the statement of community involvement as if it were a development plan document.
5
But in section 20(5)(a)—
a
the reference to section 19 must be construed as if it does not include a reference to subsection (2) of that section;
b
the reference to section 24(1) must be ignored.
6
In the following provisions of this Part references to a development plan document include references to the statement of community involvement—
a
section 22;
b
section 23(2) to (5).