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• FOREWORD
• INTRODUCTION
  • Chapter 1 - What is a Statement of Community Involvement?
• NEW PLANS AND GUIDANCE
  • Chapter 2 - What is a Local Development Framework?
  • Chapter 3 - Consultation on the Local Development Framework
• PLANNING APPLICATIONS
  • Chapter 4 - Consultation on Planning Applications
• APPENDICES
  • Appendix 1 - List of specific consultation bodies
  • Appendix 2 - General consultation bodies
  • Appendix 3 - Public consultation stages for Local Development Framework Documents & their associated Sustainability Appraisals (SA)
  • Appendix 4 - Potential methods of consultation
  • Appendix 5 - Summary of consultation questionnaire results
  • Appendix 6 - Minimum consultation necessary at each stage of Local Development Document preparation
  • Appendix 7 - The tests of soundness for Development Plan Documents
  • Appendix 8 - Criteria for allocating planning applications into development types
  • Appendix 9 - Publicity for planning applications
• GLOSSARY