For Official Use Only Reference: Date received: Duly made: Yes / No Oldham Local Development Framework Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council Statement of Community Involvement Pre-Submission Public Participation Draft Regulation 26 of the Town and Country Planning (Local Development) (England) Regulations 2004 Form for supporting, or objecting to, the Draft Statement of Community Involvement Consultation Period 28 April 2006 – 9 June 2006 The Government has reformed the system of development planning in England. Development Plans are used to control and guide the development and use of land. As part of the reformed system, Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council must prepare a “Local Development Framework”, which will eventually replace the Oldham Unitary Development Plan. The Local Development Framework will be a folder of different documents, one of which will be a “Statement of Community Involvement”. The Statement of Community Involvement will set out how the Council will involve the community in the preparation and revision of the Local Development Framework and the consideration of planning applications. The Statement of Community Involvement covers the whole Borough except that part which falls within the Peak District National Park. A draft Statement of Community Involvement has been prepared. Comments on the draft Statement of Community Involvement are now invited during the six-week public participation period. ...
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