On this page CVA will bring you details of any local campaign and consultation being carried out on community and voluntary sector matters.

Croydon is consulting on proposed revisions to the Statement of Community Involvement (SCI). The SCI sets out how the Council will engage with local and statutory stakeholders in the process of planning for the local authority area, both in preparing planning documents and in carrying out development management functions. 

It is necessary for Croydon to revise the SCI in order to reflect changes to the national planning system in England and to ensure that work on Croydon’s Local Development Framework and the Council’s development management functions remain efficient, meet the Government’s and Councils’ objectives for community involvement in planning. A more flexible, nimble, future proofed SCI can help achieve these aims and we’d like to get your views on the proposed amendments. 

If you want to take part you can either: email Local Framework; write to Spatial Planning Service, 18th Floor, Taberner House, Park Lane, Croydon CR9 1JT; or go to the website.

You have until 26th March.

Copies of the revised Statement of Community Involvement can be viewed at the borough’s libraries and Access Croydon (Taberner House) between normal opening hours.

The council is consulting on changes to Croydon's housing waiting list rules, known as the allocation scheme.

People on our current housing waiting list outnumber available properties by almost ten to one.  Many of these people will never get an offer of a council or housing association tenancy - no matter how long they remain on the waiting list. Because of that we are proposing changes to the waiting list to ensure that those with the most urgent needs and who will benefit most from a council or housing association tenancy get priority.

Please let us know your views by completing our survey:

Consultation on the housing waiting list

This consultation will close on 27 February 2012.

Have your say in the London Borough Grants Scheme.  To take part in this consultation go to London Council Consultation  The consultation will close on 23rd March.