Method of Approach Adopted for the Project

Introduction

The Project Brief proposed a mixture of focus group meetings, to be held at the onset of the project, and stakeholder and focus group workshops, to be held once a first draft of the landscape character assessment had been circulated. As the project developed, the methodology was refined and finally took the following path:

Date Participants Action
February 2003   Project Start
March 2003 Stakeholders Written Consultation
April 2003 Local community 6 Focus Group Meetings
May 2003   Report on focus group meetings
October 2003 Local community Copy of Draft Summary for Consultation to prepare for workshop
November 2003 Local community Workshop
November 2003 Stakeholders Consultation Copy of Draft Summary for Consultation for comment
December 2003   Feedback from workshop
January 2004   Stakeholder consultation completed on Draft Summary for Consultation
February 2004  

Report on Community and Stakeholder Consultation