Confidence in the Planning Systempurpose, cost and value

David Leslie

Confidence?

HOPS:• Promote the profile of

public sector land useplanning

• Support and promote excellence in planning leadership

Confidence?

• feeling of trust• belief in the reliability

of a person or thing• belief in oneself and

one’s powers or abilities

• a state of being certain that a chosen course of action is the best or most effective

Confidence in Planning

“.... public confidence in the planning system is at an all time low.”

“.... If we are to rebuild confidence in the planning process .... then we must find a way to demonstrate absolute transparency, impartiality and fairness.”

Building Confidence

“.... provide stronger leadership across both public and private sectors, including politicians, to protect and enhance our wonderful environment while moving to a low carbon economy.”

Pam Ewen, Convenor, RTPI ScotlandThe Herald, 3 March 2015

HOPS tools to build confidence

Deliver planning modernisation• Regular monitoring of performance• Commitment to improve• Sharing of good practice• Demonstrating best value• Shared understanding of resource issues

Planning Performance Framework

A high-performing planning service:

open for business communications, engagement and customer service

high quality development on the groundeffective management structures

efficient and effective decision making

financial management and local governance

certaintyculture of continuous improvement

Cost and value

• Local government resources getting worse before they get better

• Efficiencies and service changes• Proportionate service delivery• What subsidy does/should a Planning service

receive?• What value to the economy and public benefit

does it bring?

Costing the planning service

• Project over the last two years• 30 planning authorities participated• Methodology from Planning Advisory Service

and CIPFA in use and refined since 2009

Costing the planning service

Cost and confidence

Forward with confidence?

Resources to deliver?• Be clear about our aims• Manage expectations• Understand resources

Build confidence• Be certain that our chosen

course of action is the best or most effective

What does success look like?