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Advice to Loud Group

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Enquiry

From
Loud Group
Date advice given
27 January 2011
Enquiry type
Phone

Caller enquired whether it was contrary to consultation guidelines for a consultation event to be held during the time of a local election where political conflict of interest may arise.

Advice given

The onus is on promoters to demomstrate that their pre application consultation was effective. It is obviously best practice to avoid dates of local interest for consultation, so as to ensure accessibility to the event and to avoid potential conflicts of interests within the community itself.

Please see CLG guidance on pre-application consultation at the link below for details on the preferred approach to consultation:

http://infrastructure.independent.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/guidancepreapplication.pdf