Request for guidance on the adequacy of consultation responses.

The Department for Communities and Local Government (CLG) guidance for Local Authorities contains guidance on adequacy of consultation responses (section 7). In particular, paragraph 51 states:
"It will be for the local authority concerned to decide what it wishes to include in any ?adequacy of consultation? representations, but it is our intention that this will not be used to focus on the merits of the application itself. The purpose of ?adequacy of consultation? representations is to assist the IPC in deciding whether or not to accept an application for further examination ? and it is at this later stage that issues about the merits of the application will be looked at."