Refer to the Council's Statement of Community Involvement (SCI) which lists key stakeholders - ensure relevant ones are included in any pre-application and procurement discussions.
Planning for Sustainable Waste Management: Companion Guide to Planning Policy Statement 10, Chapter 5 and Annex B, Community Involvement in the Waste Management Context.
Planning Policy Statement 12: Local Development Frameworks - refer to Chapter 3 and Annex E which provide information on the Statement of Community Involvement and a list of consultees: available at http://www.communities.gov.uk/ index.asp?id=1143846.
Refer to relevant policies in the adopted waste local plan or waste core strategy which set out procedures on consultation with key stakeholders.
Community Involvement in Planning, ODPM 2004: The Government's Objectives provides the Government's rationale for involving communities in the planning system, the principles underpinning the Government's objectives and details how the Government expects community involvement to happen. Annex A - Opportunities for Community Involvement - sets out a series of practicable suggestions from national planning policy formation to community involvement in planning application decision-making.