19th April 2011, 11:20 AM
Sith Wrote:By the sound of the quotes posted by Mr Hosty, Southport are trying to build on the Public Engagement section in the Practice Guide (Paragraph 138), which begins:
'Where appropriate and possible, local planning authorities and the developer are advised to consider the benefits of making the investigative works open to and interpreted for the public and to include that as part of the written scheme of investigation…'
You would think so, wouldn't you, but there is an enormous difference in meaning between 'making the investigative works open to and interpreted for the public' (PPS5) and 'public participitation alongside commercial organisations' (Southport). So why has the Southport group even suggested such an extreme interpretation?