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From: Cecilia Weightman Date: May 14 09:25 UTC Short link

On Saturday I was invited to a Neigbourhood Planning Network (NPN) meeting
which was about using Statement of Community Involvement (SCI) in major
building developments - that's 10+ residential units or 1,000 sq m of other
use.  Attached are my meeting notes which are less than perfect but meetings do
meander.

Briefly a major development will not be able to take place unless a SCI is
signed by a developer and any community group that wishes to have input and the
input must begin to take place pre planning.  This has been trialled in Redland
and St Pauls with success and it means that communities will be able to work
with developers to shape their communities for the better.  Used correctly this
could give communities such as ours real power in how they grow.

We are too late to stop Tesco but there is every chance we will be able to have
a say on Gala Bingo.

I am not currently a member of a community group but I am registered with NPN
as a member of this forum (though not representing the forum) and SBLAG (though
again, not representing SBLAG) as both groups can potentially reach a lot of
people.

Please read the notes and I'll endeavour to answer any questions that arise.