Statement of Community Involvement

The Statement of Community Involvement (SCI)  was adopted by Bristol City Council in October 2008 as part of the Bristol Development Framework.

 

This covers not only how the community should be involved in drawing up the Bristol Development Framework, but also how Bristol City Council expects developers to involve the community before they make a planning application for permission to develop a site.

 

 

 

 

Ground Rules for Community Involvement

• 1   Inclusive:
  Community, promoter and City Council should participate in events together in accessible locations

• 2   Authorisation:
  All participants should be able to show that they are authorised to speak for their organisation
  
  
• 3   Continuity:
  Involvement will be a continuous process with the timetable made clear in advance
  
  
• 4   Independent Advice:
  Facilitators employed to run the Community Involvement process should be impartial
  
  
• 5   Early Involvement:
  All parties should meet at the early 'ideas' stage, before specific proposals are made, while significant options are still open and while there is still the potential to make a difference
  
  
• 6   Presenting Options:
  Set out options that are possible
  
  
• 7   Choosing between options:
  Criteria for chosing between options should be clear
  
  
• 8   Consensus:
  Consensus is the aim, if agreement is not possible the reasons and scale of disagrement must be made clear
  
  
• 9   Transparent Records:
  Community involvement meetings should be summarised in a Community Involvement Statement (CIS). If the community think it is incorrect, they may submit their own or a Statement of Omissions and Corrections
  
  
• 10  Feedback:
  Planning Officers will show how new planning policy or determination of planning decisions has reflected opinions of the community and community participants will feedback outcomes of community involvement to their membership