Statement of community involvement
As the local planning authority for North East Lincolnshire the Council develops different types of planning policy documents, including the Local Plan, which guide officers and councillors in their decisions on planning applications.
To meet legislative requirements and to help you understand how, when and why consultation on planning issues is undertaken a document called the Statement of Community Involvement (SCI) (PDF, 894KB) is prepared. It describes the Council’s approach to both informal engagement and formal statutory consultation in relation to all planning matters – both the development of planning policy and decisions on planning applications.
The preparation of a SCI is a legal requirement of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (as amended). Once adopted, the Council is legally obliged to comply with its SCI and review it every 5 years.
Our first SCI was adopted in 2006 and updated in 2013 and 2020. A review of the current SCI adopted in 2020 has therefore been carried out.
The 2020 version of the SCI was developed alongside the Council’s Community Engagement Strategy (Talking, Listening and Working Together) and was informed by comments received during public consultation that took place prior to adoption. There is no legal requirement to consult on the SCI and the scale of changes that have been identified following the recent review are such that it is not considered proportionate to subject the updated SCI to further consultation. At the Council’s Cabinet meeting on 20 August 2025 the updated Statement of Community Involvement 2025 (PDF, 894KB) was adopted.
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