Draft Statement of Community Involvement

The District Council is consulting on a draft Statement of Community Involvement (SCI). The new SCI will, once adopted by the Council, replace the existing SCI adopted in September 2018.

The main purpose of the SCI is to set out how the community, businesses and other organisations with an interest in the development of the District can engage with the planning system.

Reference copies of the consultation document and paper copies of the questionnaire can be found at the following locations (during opening hours) from 18 March 2024.

  • South Derbyshire District Council, Civic Offices, Civic Way, Swadlincote DE11 0AH.
  • All South Derbyshire libraries.
  • Swadlincote Tourist Information Centre, High Street, Swadlincote, DE11 8JG.

How to respond

Comments made in response to this consultation need to be made in writing.

The Council’s preferred method is for representations to be submitted by using South Derbyshire District Councils online portal. The link to which is below.

https://southderbyshire.inconsult.uk/SCI2024/consultationHome

To comment online you will need to register your details. 

Alternatively, you can submit your completed questionnaires by email to local.plan@southderbyshire.gov.uk: or

Post to: South Derbyshire District Council, Civic Offices, Civic Way, Swadlincote, DE11 0AH.

If you have any questions, please email the planning policy team on: local.plan@southderbyshire.gov.uk.

Please submit your comments by 5pm on 13 May 2024.

Private notice and future notification

By submitting information to this consultation you agree that representations will be made publicly available following the close of the consultation, however personal details (personal address, signature and contact details) will NOT be made publicly available but will be kept in a secure database and used to notify you of future Local Plan consultations.

The District Council will retain your contact details to inform you of future consultations on the Local Plan. If you do not wish for your contact details to be added to the consultation database, please email local.plan@southderbyshire.gov.uk.

You may also email us at this address if you want to be added to the Local Plan database to keep up to date with news and consultations related to planning policy, even if you do not make a representation. We may also use the information contained on the planning policy database as part of other planning functions. If we do not hear from you for some time, your details may be removed from the database.

What happens next

All comments will be made available to view on the Councils website shortly after the consultation has finished. 

Following the consultation, the Council will review all of the comments received and the draft SCI will be amended, where necessary prior to adoption by the Council.