Soft Sand Review Published

In partnership, West Sussex County Council and the South Downs National Park Authority have prepared a Proposed Submission Draft Soft Sand Review of the West Sussex Joint Minerals Local Plan, as required by Policy M2 of the adopted Plan.

The Soft Sand Review is being published prior to its submission to the Secretary of State to allow representations to be made on its ‘soundness’ and legal and procedural compliance. Representations can be made up until 11.59pm on Monday 2 March 2020.

Please see the attached covering letter providing further information, as well as the Statement of Representations Procedure.

For further information on the West Sussex Joint Minerals Local Plan, please visit the West Sussex District Council page on the Minerals Local Plan.

Attachments

Covering Letter

Statement of Representations Procedure

Happy New Decade (and Year)

The date 2020 with stars in the background

Accessibility Plans

You may have noticed changes to the appearance of cocking.org.

The content hasn't changed a lot, but in common with other public bodies, we are working to make our website more 'accessible'.  This means that anyone should be able to enjoy the site regardless of their eyesight or other issues and make use of aids such as screen readers.

To date we have

  • Tested all pages for potential problems and for clarity
  • Adjusted the content where issues were found
  • Simplified the page format to make it clearer
  • Added controls to the top of all pages that allow users to change contrast, display width and text size
  • Issued an Accessibility Statement under the heading of Accessibility in the About menu

Our aim is to maintain the site so that it conforms as far as possible to the Web Content Accessibility Group (WCAG)'s Standard 2.1 at the AA level.  Some changes will be outside of our scope due to cost and complexity, but the site is now accessible at a good standard.

Moreover, from now on, new content will be designed to maintain or, where possible, improve our level of conformity and the site will be monitored to ensure that this remains the case.

This is not a 'one off', but rather than an ongoing process.  So be prepared for more changes to come.