Regulation 5 Statement of community involvement consultation

Before preparing a statement of community involvement, a council must also consider whether it is appropriate to invite representations from persons who have an interest in development in its area.

If a council decides that it is appropriate to invite representations under paragraph (1), it must make such arrangements for the purposes of inviting representations from such persons of the descriptions in paragraph (1) as it thinks appropriate.

In preparing the statement of community involvement, the council must take into account any representations made to it in response to invitations under paragraph (1) or (2).