Agenda and minutes

To receive any declaration of interest from any Member or Officer in respect of any item of business.

None received.

To submit the report of the Head of Regulatory and Economic Development.

Submitted – the report of the Head of Regulatory and Economic Development together with a draft formal response to National Grid by the Chief Executive.

The Chief Planning Officer gave a brief presentation to the County Council on the Statement of Community Consultation.  He reported that this is the process with regard to the Planning Act 2008.  Section 47 of the Planning Act 2008 requires an applicant to prepare a ‘Statement of Community Consultation’ (SoCC) which sets out how the applicant proposes to consult with the local community about a proposed application for development consent.  It was noted that the report presented to the Committee are the comments of the Isle of Anglesey County Council in respect to the process.  Under Section 47(2) any local authority within whose boundary the proposal fall has 28 days from receipt of information about the applicant’s proposals for  consultation to make representations about what is to be included in the SoCC.  Once the SoCC is published, applicants are required by s47(6) to make the SoCC available for inspection by the public and publish a notice

setting out where and when the statement can be inspected.

He stated that it is anticipated that National Grid will release a consultation

document regarding the Menai Crossing in June/July. A Stage 2 Consultation

Feedback Report should be available in the Summer of 2016. Statutory

consultation will take place in October 2017 regarding Section 42/47 consultation and a Statement of Common Ground will need to be agreed with National Grid. It is anticipated that planning applications, if any, will be dealt with by the Council in October 2017 under the Town and Country Planning Applications (TCPA’s).

The Lead Officer outlined the main themes identified within the SoCC by the

County Council :-

·   Consenting Process - There is no clear distinction between Development

Consent Order (DCO) application and the Town and Country Planning

Applications (TCPA) and the explanation of the associated development is felt to be inadequate within the Statement of Community Consultation (SoCC) to determine which works falls into different categories. National Grid have submitted within the final draft SoCC a process/flow diagram of the DCO process. It is felt useful to have a more of an indicative timeline for submission and examination of the DCO which includes the construction phases so to allow the public informed of the next steps in the process and the likely timeframe.  He noted that the consultation document needs to be clear to the scope of the DCO timings in respect of any applications and needs to be reinforced.

·  Engagement Plan - The Officer referred to the Engagement Plan and stated it will accompany the SoCC prior to consultation; this will highlight the details of venues and public exhibitions of the National Grid’s intensions. It is essential that the Council receives an early viewing of the Engagement Plan and agree on how the document will be made available to the public.

·  Consultation Zone - More details are required  ...  view the full minutes text for item 2.