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amended to show in bold the methods that will definitely be used at each stage. resident Plan consultation stages 4.1 Social media? I have NEVER seen MCC promote awareness about planning applications! For example, the Gaskel Campus demolished for a private hospital went through with barely anyone being aware of it or making the news. I see little evidence of genuine communications. That is EASY to remedy if this is to mean anything at all! Picture 4.1 refers to consultation on policies in Local Plans, which are promoted through social media. Consultation methods for planning applications are set out in Chapter 9 and social media could potentially be a method that developers might use at the stage. and Society Local Plan consultation stages 4.1 I do think that any information should be emailed out by the relevant Neighbourhood Officer to their list of contacts. Comments Emails are shown in the summary diagram as a consultation method which we will use during Local Plan preparation. As a minimum this will be emails to people on the planning policy database, but in addition we will ask neighbourhood officers to circulate consultation information to their contacts as well. Reference to this will be added to the SCI. Disabled People's Access Group Local Plan consultation stages 4.1 All information should be provided in alternative formats and events and meetings should be accessible for all disabled people. More imaginative formats and events should be provided for some groups. All information should engage everyone and be accessible It isn’t always possible to guarantee that all planning policy documents will be available in different formats as standard. However we will try to accommodate requests for materials in alternative formats where we can and wording will be added to paragraph 2.6 of the SCI to refer to this. Disabled People's Access Group Plan consultation stages 4.1 Poor colour contrast - blue text on blue background making it difficult to read. Please provide text alternatives for people using text browwers which cannot read images More accessible design of diagrams We will amend the font colour in Picture 4.1. We will offer text versions of diagrams and charts on request and the SCI will be amended to refer to this.
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