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Question 2.2

2 of 4 in Community

Objective

To promote community involvement in the design of the development to ensure their needs, ideas and knowledge are taken into account to improve the quality and acceptability of the development.

Importance: ImportanceImportance

Question

Has the community been actively involved in the development proposal:

  1. Local community stakeholders have been told about the proposal (eg public notices and adverts) so that they can comment to the Planning Authority
  2. Local community stakeholders have been consulted for opinions on a pre-prepared scheme (eg leaflets and return forms)
  3. Local community stakeholders have been asked to select their preferred option from a range of schemes and their preferred proposal has been put forward (eg through remote surveys or through a public meeting)
  4. Local community stakeholders have been involved in the preparation of this proposal (eg through workshops or participative processes)
  5. Local community stakeholders produced the guidelines for the development of this proposal (eg Village Design Statements, Place Check, Charrettes)

Targets and Justification

Best
E
Good
C or D
Minimum
See relevant local planning authority standard for minimum required

Applies to Developments

This question applies to Medium and Large developments.

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