Chapter 6
CHAPTER 6 - PUBLIC CONSULTATION STATEMENT

INTRODUCTION

This statement describes the consultation undertaken by Wyre Forest District Council for the preparation of the Design Quality Supplementary Planning Guidance.

CONSULTATION

Public consultation began on 25th March and ran for six weeks until 7th May 2004. A press release was published to raise awareness of the consultation. Complimentary copies of the Draft Design Guidance, together with a covering letter, were forwarded to the following organisations:-

Advantage West Midlands
Local town and parish councils
Disability Action (Wyre Forest)
Local civic societies and the Civic Trust
British Waterways
CABE
English Nature
English Heritage
Environment Agency
English Historic Towns Forum
Highways Agency
Government Office for the West Midlands
House Builders Federation
West Mercia Police Authority
Housing Corporation
Opportunity Bewdley
Worcestershire County Council
Stourport Forward
Wyre Forest Arts Forum
Bewdley Town Centre Management Forum
Wyre Forest Primary Care Trust
Kidderminster Town Centre Partnership
Wyre Forest Community Housing

Stourport-on-Severn Town Centre Forum
Other locally active housing associations
Wyre Forest Business Forum

In total, nearly 300 notification letters were sent to architects, design consultants and interest groups. The document and response form were also available to view and download off the council’s website.

EXHIBITIONS

Three staffed exhibitions were held at Bewdley Library on 29th March 2004, at Kidderminster Corn Exchange on 31st March 2004 and at Stourport Civic Hall on 5th April 2004. During the six-week consultation period small displays were also mounted at the libraries in the three towns.

RESPONSES

A total of 100 responses were received from 22 respondents. Copies of the responses were made available at Duke House in Kidderminster and at the Civic Centre in Stourport-on-Severn. All of the comments were scrutinised and assessed by the Forward Planning Section and Taylor Young and formally considered at Council on 30th June 2004. More detailed information on the consultation is available from the District Council.

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