National Planning Forum20 March 2007

Planning Update

Paul HudsonChief Planner

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The Planning White Paper…

Barker Eddington Energy

Town & Country Planning

• Support sustainable economic growth

• Strengthen planning at the heart of local government

• Place shaping

• Streamlined processes

• Evolution not revolution

MIPs

• National policy statements: transport, energy, water, waste

• New consent regime

• Independent Planning Commission

Outcomes:• Speed• Responsiveness• Certainty• Cost reduction• Economic development

Eddington and Energy Reviews

Eddington identified the following problems in providing transport infrastructure:

• takes too long• unpredictable and lacks transparency• can be very costly• good projects may not be brought forward

Net effect: high cost to UK economy

Energy Review published last July. White Paper promised Spring 2007 • timely delivery of energy infrastructure• remove barriers to delivery of both renewables and nuclear power generation• complex system of consents which needs simplification• streamline approval process

MIPS

• Prime role of Ministers – to set national policy statements

• Scheme development led by the promoter

• Consultation carried out by promoter at pre-app stage

• Consent regimes rationalised to eliminate duplication and treat MIPS as a whole: a new single regime

• Independent Planning Commission to hold inquiry and determine individual applications in England

• Clear framework for statutory rights to challenge at national policy statement stage and IPC decision

MIPs

• Infrastructure outside the TCPA

• Accountabilities

• Recognising social and environmental objectives as well as economic

• Public consultation

• Relationship to TCPA

TCPA Key Principles

• Planning system must be better able to support economic growth in a way consistent with social and environmental objectives: sustainability

• Build on recent planning reforms: evolution not revolution

• Strengthen planning by local authorities to shape places (consistent with LGWP)

• Shift focus of planning from unnecessary detail to strategic issues

• Promote effective public participation and safeguard democratic accountability

Improving the planning policy framework

• Review of national planning policy

• Better reflecting economic development – PPS4

• Town centre policy – needs test

• Green Belt

• Simplify LDF preparation

Effective development management

• Reducing the need for planning permission for minor developments

- residential and commercial- neighbour agreements

• Review GDPO, GPDO

• Better handling of major applications

- planning delivery agreements- fee structure

• Secretary of State casework

• Performance Framework

• Local Government White Paper proposals

Improving the appeals system

• Local Member Review Boards

• Even more use of written reps

• Administrative improvements

• Charging?

• Trees

Listening

Meetings with Ministers and representatives from key groups held in late Jan/early Feb

• Developers and retailers • Green/ Rural groups • Local government

Major event held 29th Jan with wide audience, hosted jointly with RTPI

Bilaterals between officials and stakeholder contacts

Written responses to Barker 2

Next steps

• White Paper

• Consultation Documents- Planning Fees- GPDO amendments –

microgeneration- Appeals

• Summer - Planning policy review programme- Secretary of State

casework

• LPA improvements – LGA, RTPI, PAS, POS

and then ………..

• Planning Reform Bill