Bath & North East Somerset Council
Local Development Framework

Locally Important Buildings 
 Supplementary Planning Document 

The consultation statement
 (Regulation 17 Statement)

Making Bath & North East Somerset
a better place to live, work and visit.

1	Introduction 

1.1	Prior to the preparation of the draft Locally Important Buildings Supplementary Planning Document engagement with key stakeholders was undertaken. 

1.2	It was agreed that the document should be prepared as part of the Local Development Framework in April 2007 when the Local Development Scheme was agreed by the Council. 

1.3	In March 2008 the SPD was agreed for public consultation via a Single Member Decision taken by the Cabinet Member for Customer Services.

1.4	Under the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (Regulation 17 (1) (b) it is a requirement to prepare and make available a statement setting out:

•	The names of any persons whom the authority consulted in connection
     with the preparation of the SPD; 
•	How those persons were consulted; 
•	A summary of the main issues raised in those consultations; and 
•	How those issues have been raised in the SPD.

2	The names of any persons whom the authority consulted in connection with the preparation of the SPD
	
Organisation	Title	initial	Surname	
Avon Industrial Buildings Trust	Mr.	Mike	Bone	
Bath Preservation Trust	Ms	Joanna	Robinson	
Batheaston Society	Mr.	T.	Hardy	
Bathford Society	Miss	Fae	Hall	
Bath Society	Major	A.J.W.	Crombie	
Bristol Industrial Archeological Society	Mr.	Owen	Ward	
Friends of the Survey of Old Bath	Mr	Stephen	Marks	
Combe Down Heritage Society 	Mrs	Rosemary	Simmons	
Combe Down Stone Mines Community	Mr.	David	Morris	
Keynsham Civic Society	Ms.	Iris	Lerpiniere	
Somerset & Dorset Railway Heritage Trust	Mr.	Greg S.	McGill	
Somerset & Dorset Railway Restoration Trust	Mr.	David G. 	Edwards	
Somerset Coal Canal Society	Mr.	Mike	Chapman	
Midsomer Norton Society	Sir	Hilary	Jones	
Bathampton Parish Council	Dr 	DP 	Smith	
Batheaston Parish Council	Mr	M	Townley	
Bathford Parish Council	Mrs	R	Holding	
Cameley Parish Council	Mr	N	Scutt	
Camerton Parish Council	Mr	TJ	Webber	
Charlcombe Parish Council	Mrs	M	Buckley	
Chelwood Parish Council	Mrs	C	Beecroft	
Chew Magna Parish Council	Ms	ML	Hales	
Chew Stoke Parish Council	Ms	C	Wood	
Claverton Parish Council	Ms	J	Hatton	
Clutton Parish Council	Mr	F	Senogles	
Combe Hay Parish Council	Mr	Peter	Duppa-Miller OBE	
Compton Dando Parish Council	Mrs	Dawn	Drury	
Compton Martin Parish Council	Mrs	J	Griffiths	
Corston Parish Council	Mr	TA	Miller MBE	
Dunkerton Parish Council	Mr	Alan J	Shamp	
East Harptree Parish Council	Ms	Pauline	Young	
Englishcombe Parish Council	Mr	Alan J	Shamp	
Farmborough Parish Council	Mr	Christopher J	Thomas	
Farrington Gurney Parish Council	Mr	AJ	Parfitt	
Freshford Parish Council	Mrs	SA	Jenkins	
High Littleton Parish Council	Ms	P	Young	
Hinton Blewett Parish Council	Mr	Nigel	Scutt	
Hinton Charterhouse Parish Council	Mrs	E	James	
Kelston (Parish Meeting) 	Mr	D	Creed	
Keynsham Town Council	Ms	Elaine	Giles	
Marksbury Parish Council	Mr	Christopher J	Thomas	
Monkton Combe Parish Council	Mrs	Rachael	Willcox	
Nempnett Thrubwell Parish Council	Mr	DW	Ford	
Newton St Loe Parish Council	Ms	Caroline	Foster 	
North Stoke (Parish Meeting)	Mr	M	Roberts 	
Norton Marleward Parish Council	Mr	PMJ	Edwards	
Norton Radstock Town Council	Sir	 LAE 	Morris	
Paulton Parish Council	Mrs	 J 	Plucknett	
Peasedown St John Parish Council	Mrs 	 Chris	Hartley	
Priston Parish Council	Mrs 	C	Hunt	
Publow and Pensford Parish Council	Mrs 	JA	Bragg	
St Catherine (Parish Meeting)	Mr 	I	Plaister	
Saltford Parish Council	Ms 	Tricia	Golinski	
Shoscombe Parish Council	Mrs 	J 	Fossaceco	
South Stoke Parish Council	Mrs  	J	Hellard	
Stanton Drew Parish Council	Sir	JA 	Harvey	
Stowey Sutton Parish Council	Mrs 	SA	Heathman	
Swainswick Parish Council	Mrs  	PJ	Shutter	
Timsbury Parish Council	Sir	DEW 	Hillyard	
Ubley Parish Council	Miss  	Lesley	Matthews	
Wellow Parish Council	Ms	Angharad R	Roberts	
West Harptree Parish Council	Mrs 	Janet 	Burdge	
Whitchurch Parish Council	Mrs 	S	 Dyer	
Radstock Museum	 	 	 	
Museum of Bath at Work	Mr	Stuart	 Boroughs	

The consultation for the Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report was also undertaken and the following organisations were contacted.

Organisation	Title	initial	Surname	
Environment Agency	Ms	Louisa 	McKay	
Natural England	Mr	Chris 	Bentley	
English Heritage	Mr	Ross 	Simmonds	
Government Office for the South West	Mr	David 	Jones	

3	How those persons were consulted
3.1	Key council staffs such as Development Management, Highways and Property Services have been informed of the SPD and the local list. A number of meetings were held to facilitate this discussion.

3.2	Parish Councils and Local Amenity Societies were consulted at an early stage and asked for an expression of interest in carrying out a survey of buildings in their area which may be considered suitable for Local Listing. The letters were sent in November 2007. 

3.2	The Environment Agency, Natural England, English Heritage, Highways Agency and the Government Office for the South West were consulted as part of the consultation on the Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report. A letter was send to these stakeholders along with a copy of the Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report. 

4	A summary of the main issues raised in those consultations 

	Supplementary Planning Document

•	The need for setting up clear process to nominate locally Important Buildings.
•	Positive responses from Parish Councils and Amenity Societies expressing an interest in undertaking survey work.  
•	Suggestions for alterations to wording

	Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report

4.3	Comments include;
•	Importance of monitoring
•	Recommendations to review a number of plans and key baseline data.
•	Recommendations and suggestions on the Sustainability Appraisal objectives. 
•	Welcoming the SPD since it encourages promoting locally distinctive, valued and important buildings. 

5	How those issues have been raised in the SPD

	Supplementary Planning Document

•	The process of nomination and listing is clearly stated in the SPD..
•	The draft guidance leaflet and nomination form will be sent out together with the SPD to the Parish Councils and Amenity Societies for their comments.
•	Wording refined and redrafted following advice from specialists

Sustainability Appraisal

•	Appropriate monitoring criteria are proposed in the Sustainability Appraisal and will be reported as part of the Annual Monitoring Report.
•	The Sustainability Appraisal Objectives were reviewed and reworded taking into account recommendations and suggestions.

6	Formal Consultation of the SPD

6.1	Formal consultation on the SPD will be undertaken in line with Reg 17 of the Town & Country Planning (Local Development) (England) Regulations 2004 and Bath & North East Somerset’s Statement of Community Involvement.

Consultation on the draft SPD will be carried out for six weeks from 10th April to 22nd May 2008. The Statement of SPD Matters sets out all the relevant details relating to the consultation process.