Appendix CRF - Part 3 - Northamptonshire County Council

16.0 Stakeholder Consultation
16.0.1 Working in close co-operation with potential consignors of LLW and the
Environment Agency, Augean plc has undertaken a public consultation
programme in support of this application for authorisation in accordance with
Government and Local Planning Authority best practice guidance on this aspect
of development.
16.0.2 The specialist development and planning communications company, Jennings
Nicholson Associates, have assisted Augean in this task.
16.0.3 The purpose of the communications programme has been to inform and educate
those affected by this application, to reassure the local communities of the nonthreatening
nature of what is proposed and to ensure that all the key
stakeholders have an opportunity to voice their comments and concerns so that
the company can address them during the authorisation process.
16.0.4 Augean has operated in the area of its East Northants Resource Management
Facility (formerly Kings Cliffe Landfill) since 2004. In that time it has built up a
good working relationship and enhanced its corporate reputation with the local
communities and those elected to represent them, as well as the statutory and
non-statutory consultees. It will build on this foundation to engage all the key
target audiences during the consultation process associated with this application.
16.0.5 The programme has been set out in a Communications Plan, which established
clear communications objectives, set out a carefully-timed phased programme to
reflect milestones in the determination process and identified a variety of proven
and effective mechanisms to promote the scheme and it key messages.
16.0.6 The programme has included: meetings of the local liaison committee, a one day
public surgery, meetings with official bodies and regulators and meetings with
county, district and parish councils. The results of the feedback from these
events has been analysed and used to refine this authorisation application.
16.0.7 The LLW disposal process is subject to a planning approval under Town and
Country Planning regulations which will involve further stakeholder dialogue.
Application for disposal of LLW including HV-VLLW under RSA 1993,
for the East Northants Resource Management Facility:
Supporting Information
July 2009
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