Planning Changes & Challenges Overview
The content showcases planning reforms in the UK between 2010-2015, future government agenda elements post-election, and productivity plans for housing and infrastructure development. It covers topics like local plans, community consultation, permitted development rights, and strategies to boost productivity in the planning sector.
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Planning changes & challenges Steve Barker Principal Consultant January 2016 www.pas.gov.uk
Planning reform overview 2010-15 Local Sustainable Simple Compulsory community consultation 1300 pages of policy down to less than 50 NPPF and Guidance Review Localism Act Robust Evidence of need and 5 year land supply Regional Strategy revocation Duty to cooperate 6000 page s of guidance reduced and now on web Presumption in favour of sustainable development Neighbourhood Planning Strong protections still in place Tackling LA poor performance Proportionate Effective Conditions EIA Thresholds Deregulation and Simplification Speeding up appeals NSIP Growth and Infrastructure Act Community Infrastructure Levy Use Class Order Award of costs Statutory consultees Major Information requirements Permitted development rights Unblocking stalled sites Section 106 Infrastructure 3
The government agenda The future elements following the election: no (or little) change of policy framework combined authorities, up to date local plans, continuation of the performance regime community right to build, plan, etc brownfield focus, LDOs, resourcing,
Productivity Plan: Planning Measures Allow an element of housing to be included in major infrastructure proposals take forward under the nationally significant infrastructure planning regime S106 - introducing a dispute resolution mechanism to speed up negotiations and allow housing proceed more quickly CIL review of system in 2015 Streamline length and process of local plans Allow the Mayor to call in planning applications of 50 homes or more
Productivity Plan: Planning Measures Strengthening guidance on the duty to cooperate to emphasise the importance of councils working together to meet the housing and infrastructure needs of communities. Reviewing the threshold below which agricultural buildings my be converted to residential use using permitted development rights. Helping London to build up rather than build out , delivering more homes for Londoners while protecting he countryside Rural Productivity Plan (August 2015) review of planning barriers
Housing & Planning Bill Planning Permission in Principle for housing development on sites allocated in local and neighbourhood plans or identified on the new brownfield register; Local Plan Intervention if no plan by early 2017 Neighbourhood Planning changes to LPA requirements Planning Application of performance for majors and non majors Reporting financial benefits of applications that go to committee Delivery of Starter Homes
Housing & Planning Bill Bill Amendments Piloting of alternate providers for processing planning applications Giving Mayor of London/combined authority the power to produce local plans if an LPA is not progressing their plan Introduction of a Planning Obligations Dispute Resolution service Introduction of a new affordable housing definition
The new Non Majors Performance Do you know your non majors (minors and others) performance? We think it will be 60% threshold NB: you are already in the 7th of the 8 quarters which make up performance period (July 2014 June 2016)
Table 153 (minors and others) for 24 months to end of Sept 2015 24 months to end of September 2015 LPA Name Planning Performance Agreement, agreed Extension of Time or Environmental Impact Assessment decisions3,4 Planning Performance Agreement, agreed Extension of Time or Environmental Impact Assessment decisions within agreed time3 Total minor and other development decisions1 within 8 weeks2 % within 8 weeks or within agreed time with penalty for missing data Total minor and other development decisions1 97.4 Northampton 1,634 1,460 132 131 96.3 St. Helens 1,225 1,176 4 4 95.3 Rotherham 1,848 1,548 213 213 94.3 Stockton-on-Tees 1,466 1,240 170 143 93.3 Dudley 2,314 2,135 27 24 91.0 Wychavon 2,267 1,943 156 119 89.9 Bury 1,483 1,290 43 43 89.2 Redcar and Cleveland 999 872 20 19 87.9 Solihull 2,816 2,470 8 6 84.9 York 2,537 1,985 201 169 81.9 Bracknell Forest 1,572 1,128 189 160 81.1 Isle Of Wight 2,238 1,776 79 39 77.6 Weymouth and Portland 812 508 143 122 77.6 Lambeth 4,446 3,296 181 152 76.6 Blaby 1,161 812 101 77 70.1 Swale 1,273 651 259 241 51.1 Brighton and Hove 3,635 1,846 16 10 50.4 Wyre 1,282 566 97 80
Table 151 (majors)for 24 months to end of Sept 2015 24 months to end of September 2015 ONS name % within 13 weeks or within agreed time with penalty for missing Total PPA, EoT or EIA1 Decisions within agreed time All Major Decisions Major Decisions within 13 weeks2 PPA, EoT or EIA Decisions3 data 100.0 Bury 55 35 20 20 99.0 Rotherham 96 60 35 35 94.9 Stockton-on-Tees 99 69 27 25 94.9 St. Helens 78 54 21 20 89.4 Blaby 85 37 41 39 89.1 Redcar & Cleveland 64 35 23 22 89.0 Lambeth 145 43 91 86 87.8 Dudley 123 83 25 25 86.8 Northampton 114 59 43 40 82.9 Bracknell Forest 76 19 50 44 78.0 Solihull 100 52 37 26 75.9 Swale 108 53 36 29 73.3 Wychavon 210 101 86 53 73.2 York 82 41 25 19 68.8 Weymouth and Portland 16 7 4 4 67.2 Brighton and Hove 61 20 26 21 61.6 Wyre 73 29 27 16 58.9 Isle Of Wight 90 51 15 2
Table 151b (major county) Table 154 (quality non- majors) Table 151a (majors) Table 152a (appeals) Table 153 (non-majors) org_name 95% 100% 78% 89% 87% 95% 89% 87% 88% 73% 99% 83% 73% 69% 59% 76% 62% 67% 75% 100% 80% 1% 0% 1% 0% 4% 3% 1% 1% 0% 0% 2% 0% 8% 5% 3% 1% 1% 3% 96% 90% 88% 89% 93% 94% 77% 97% 93% 85% 95% 82% 91% 78% 81% 70% 50% 51% 0% 1% 0% 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% 2% 1% 4% 0% St Helens Bury Solihull Redcar and Cleveland East Staffordshire Stockton-on-Tees Blaby Northampton Dudley York Rotherham Bracknell Forest Wychavon Weymouth and Portland Isle of Wight Swale Wyre Brighton and Hove Surrey 100% 100% 70% 76%
Local Plan Intervention Will this affect you? Do you have a post 2004 plan? Are you going to have a plan in place by 2017(?) ? Will you care? Do you have an up to date plan (post NPPF (post 2012))?
Government Agenda Housing & Planning Bill Is any of this causing you concern? Have you started to do anything in response yet? This is an opportunity to ask questions, get clarifications and vent!!!!! - but there will have a time limit.
