Issue - meetings

The Committee is asked to consider and agree the proposed amendments to the Statement of Community Involvement (SCI) and agree for the Statement to be adopted and published on the Epsom & Ewell Borough Council website along with the adoption statement.

The Committee:

(1)            Agreed the proposed amendments to the Statement of Community Involvement

(2)            Agreed to adopt the Statement of Community Involvement and publish on the Epsom & Ewell website, along with the adoption statement.

In June 2019 the Committee approved a draft Statement of Community Involvement (SCI) for the purpose of the public consultation.  Following the conclusion of the public consultation the Committee received a report providing an overview of the responses submitted to the consultation and the proposed changes.

24 responses had been received and detailed in Annex 1.  From the responses received the following amendments were suggested and agreed by the Committee:

a)              Page 8: Paragraph 2.4.2. Remove ‘both thematic and site specific’.

b)              Page 12: Paragraph 2.7.3. Add ‘hard to reach’ before groups.

c)               Page 12: Paragraph 2.7.3 Add 'For example a spoken word version of a consultation document for the visually impaired can be produced and for public exhibitions we will ensure that the consultation premises are fully accessible'. 

d)              Page 13: Paragraph 2.8.3. Add 'For example for young people it may be preferred to take the consultation to meeting places such as the sixth form or college.'

e)              Page 15: Remove three duplicate paragraphs 3.3.1 3.3.2 3.3.3

f)                Appendix 1: Add after ‘Older persons groups’ a bracket (For example Age Concern and local care homes)

Accordingly, the Committee:

(1)            Agreed the proposed amendments to the Statement of Community Involvement

(2)            Agreed to adopt the Statement of Community Involvement and publish on the Epsom & Ewell website, along with the adoption statement.