User guide – Marston Valley

Thanks for taking part in the discussions on Marston Valley. We are keen to hear the views of everybody interested in the proposals and hope that you’ll find this website a straight-forward and enjoyable way to share your thoughts.

THE PROCESS OF ENGAGEMENT

This period of engagement will run until Friday 2 March 2018.

During this time we will share our current ideas and some more specific details of the development with you.

Using the Marston Valley website, you can provide feedback through the questionnaire and emails. You can also register for updates to the website, so that you’re always alerted to new content.

We will be running several public exhibitions locally, meeting with local groups, instigating a stakeholder group and communicating through newsletters.

At the end of this period of engagement, all the feedback received will be summarised and submitted to Central Bedfordshire Council (‘CBC’) in the form of a Statement of Community Involvement, detailing the process we have been through and an analysis of the results. This will form part of an Outline Planning Application.

CBC will then run a separate consultation prior to determining whether to resolve to grant planning permission at a meeting of its planning committee. Local residents, businesses or any other third party will have the opportunity to submit representations directly to CBC prior to the meeting of the planning committee. Such representations should be sent to CBC and not to us.

THE IMPORTANCE OF REGISTERING

We ask you to register because it is important to us know where you live when we analyse the results.

The results will be passed on to the local authority but we undertake never to pass on your details to any other party without your express permission.

We are aware of the sensitivities of personal data and are working towards being fully GDPR compliant in advance of the change in legislation in May 2018.

HOW TO CONTRIBUTE ONLINE

Before you can submit your views and ideas via this website, you’ll need to register. You can do this by clicking on the Log In box on the top right hand corner of the webpage.

The registration process requires a username, password, email address, name and postcode. The additional information on the registration form is optional, but helps us gain a better understanding of those taking part. Only your username will be displayed when you comment online.

If you need help in using this website, please email us.

DELETION POLICY

Our intention is to allow everyone to comment freely. We will not delete comment unless it is deemed to be offensive, harassment, spam, or threatens the aims of this engagement process (for example, if it is not relevant to the subject being discussed, or is excessive to such an extent that prevents others from putting forward their point of view).

ACCESSIBILITY

We’re constantly working to make the Marston Valley website as accessible and usable as possible.

You can find useful guidance about the following common accessibility questions by clicking on the following external links:

This website doesn’t have a separate accessibility statement. This is because we’ve tried to design the Marston Valley website to be as accessible and usable as possible for every user.

HOW THE RESULTS WILL BE ANALYSED AND USED

At the end of this period of engagement, we will analyse the results and comments and will consider whether the proposals should be adapted in the light of the comments and new ideas received.

A Statement of Community Involvement will document this process and is an important element of our planning application. This will be available for you to view on the Marston Valley website, with the principal comments anonymised.