Who's Who in the Parish Plan & Design Statement Team:

The Parish Plan & Design Statement Group

Normally a Parish Plan & Design Statement group is established which consists of a core group of 6 - 12 people that is separate from but supported by the Parish Council. Various methods exist to draw in further support from the community. Sometimes this takes the form of a village character workshop where local views are sought on settlement character, buildings and landscape. The Countryside Agency Advisory Booklets give more advice on suggested formats for the workshop.

 

The core group don’t always do all the work by themselves, but they do coordinate the work by drawing in skills and time from other members of the community. The most important person of the Parish Plan & Design Statement Group is often the Chairman. Their role is often purely one of coordination and mediation. They hold the group together and keep momentum going. They tend not to get involved in the actual VDS work.

A key principle of the Parish Plan & Design Statement is that it is a consultative document and as such should involve as many Sandgate people as possible - this project will also take considerable time, resource and teamwork to complete in a quality way. It would seem, therefore, logical to set up a number of teams who would be responsible for a specific group of tasks. 

The work of the VDS design team has three main elements - see list below with each team listed:

1.  Steering Group finance and resources information gathering parish council liaison local planning authority liaison organise publication and launch	Management Team
2. Drafting compiling draft text assembling photos and illustrations identifying need for information and technical advice editing and revising text overall design and format	Drafting Team
3. Consultation local progress reports articles, talks and exhibitions special activities, eg school work organise public consultation on drafts	Consultation Team