Community engagement and mitigation of adverse impacts

For all development, developers should, as early as possible, proactively engage with key stakeholders, including the local community in the vicinity of their proposal with information on the development and technology being proposed. In preparing the planning application, and taking account of any views received, the developer should consider how to avoid or minimise any adverse impacts through the choice of location, siting, scale, and design being proposed. Any voluntary community benefits offered by the developer will not be a material consideration in decision-taking.