Object

Representation ID: 13935

Received: 13/12/2020

Respondent: Councillor T Hodgson

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Consultation process:
- Plan rushed through
- Inadequate timescale for public consultation, especially in view of the Covid-19 pandemic, e.g. Traditional outreach methods, like public meetings, not possible.
- Opposition councillors unanimously backed extensions to consultation, but all requests at Full Council on 08.10.20 and 06.12.20 denied.
- Residents reported numerous difficulties in accessing online forms, many been excluded from consultation, in particular the digitally excluded.
- Documents in support of Plan were uploaded after 30th October, some alterations in final week of consultation, should have extended timescales to accommodate this.
- Disproportionate number of documents were uploaded in October, thereby a limited window to review documents.