| Proposals
for development at West Stevenage have been subject to extensive public
consultation in various different forms over many years.
Consultation
has taken place in relation to both structure and local plan processes,
and by the developer working in partnership with local authorities and
the Countryside Agency.
The Garden City 21 programme of extensive technical
and public consultation was jointly co-ordinated by the three local authorities,
the Countryside Agency and Persimmon Homes (acting for the West Stevenage
Consortium) prior to submission of the planning applications.
The outcome from the Garden City 21 programme
helped to inform the ‘Masterplanning Principles’ drawn up
jointly by the three local planning authorities and the West Stevenage
masterplan itself.
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| "We are
particularly pleased to learn that the auditors feel that the extensive
public participation exercise which was carried on throughout January's
two-day Garden City 21 Local Visioning Conference "allowed local
residents to truly contribute to the study by highlighting locally
valued attributes as a complement (not a challenge) to the expert's
views". This type of public consultation is an important element
of the environmental capital approach."
"The Countryside
Agency recognises that the success of the work to date can be attributed,
at least in part, to the open-mindedness of the Garden City 21 partners,
and especially Persimmon Homes and their readiness to try out this
new approach to Environmental Capital."
Richard
Wakeford, Chief Executive, The Countryside Agency, 6th April 1999
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| “…the
work of the consultant team has been supplemented by consultations
with the public, this time focused through the "Help Shape the
Future" Conference held in Stevenage in October last year.
…In
reflecting on this important pilot project, I am pleased that all
parties feel that involving the local community was both helpful
and enlightening. As well as gaining valuable local information
and opinions that might otherwise not have come to light, the methodology
and the reporting structure adopted will enable the local community
to see where their comments had a direct influence on the development
of the scheme."
Richard
Wakeford, Chief Executive, The Countryside Agency, 6th April 2000
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