Appendix A: Specific Consultation Bodies for a Local Plan

As a minimum should include Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS FT (acute care) separately, which is impacted at a greater scale than individual GP practices from growth across the identified area. Growth in housing has a material impact on attendance at the hospital which is well documented in ONS data and supported by our own activity data/heat map. This impacts directly on service capacity, physical space requirements and equipment capacity and replacement rates.
In addition we are supportive of moving towards an agreed combined Health and Social care impact assessment process across the Derby and Derbyshire system, including Primary Care.

Thank you for consulting National Highways on the draft Statement of Community Involvement.

We are happy with the contents of the document and have nothing further to add.

For Note: Regarding the list of consultees in Appendix A, we are now National Highways not Highways Agency.

Thank you for consulting Historic England on the above consultation. We have the following comments to raise below:

Paragraph 3.30 with respect to the development management process it may be useful to incorporate a section on dealing with listed building applications and scheduled monument consent and the process.

We welcome the reference to Historic England as a ‘specific consultation body’ in Appendix A, page 17.

Under Appendix D, Historic England is keen to front load the neighbourhood development plan process and are keen for neighbourhood planning groups to consider the historic environment at the outset. I include a link below with relevant information, of which we would be grateful if it could be passed on to the relevant groups.
https://historicengland.org.uk/advice/planning/improve-your-neighbourhood/

We welcome being involved in the Local Plan preparation process and will comment on the formal stages of the Plan’s development. We are also available to comment informally as issues and evidence develops, if this is helpful.