Draft Statement of Community Involvement 2016

Consultation on Statement of Community Involvement for Rochford District Council
Thank you for your consultation on the above dated 16 March 2016 which was received by Natural England on 16 March 2016.

Natural England is a non-departmental public body. Our statutory purpose is to ensure that the natural environment is conserved, enhanced, and managed for the benefit of present and future generations, thereby contributing to sustainable development.

We are supportive of the principle of meaningful and early engagement of the general community, community organisations and statutory bodies in local planning matters, both in terms of shaping policy and participating in the process of determining planning applications.

However, we have no specific comments to make on this consultation.