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Growing pains? Delivering growth through localism
+planning + development associates
Alan Gunne-Jones
RICS Development Conference 2012
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+Neighbourhoods = Localism = Growth?
• The growth agenda
• The localism agenda
• The new planning ‘toolkit’
• Delivering growth through localism: the 4i strategy • Intelligence
• Influence
• Interaction
• Impact
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+What drives the growth agenda?
“local planning authority
departments are the last
bastion of communism and
sheer bloody mindedness”
“You can’t earn your future if you
can’t get planning permission”
“We will earn our way in the world by
saying to all businesses – large and
small: we will provide you with the
modern infrastructure; new growth-
friendly planning rules”
“planning is a drag anchor to
growth stifled by red tape and
bureaucracy”
“taking on the enemies of enterprise….the town hall officials who take
forever to make those planning decisions that can be the make or break
for a business. And the investment and jobs that go with it.”
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+What drives the localism agenda?
“By replacing over a thousand
pages of national policy with
around fifty, written simply
and clearly, we are allowing
people and communities back
in planning”
“We need to create communities with
oomph – neighbourhoods who are in
charge of their own destiny”
“We want to restore power to local
people and their democratically
elected representatives. We want to
help them make their own decisions.
And we want to give free rein to the
creativity, ingenuity and initiative of
communities up and down the
country” “planning should be pro-
growth, pro-building but
rather than government,
communities will be working
with LPAs”
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+The new planning ‘toolkit’
NPPF Localism Act Regional Strategies
Use Classes Order
GPDO
Localism Growth
Service Guarantees Appeals
Community Infrastructure
Levy
Neighbourhood Planning
Communities Involvement
Building support
Deregulation Speed & efficiency Economic growth
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+Delivering growth through localism: the 4i strategy
Intelligence • What is the local/neighbourhood plan status? • How well do you know your neighbourhood? • Will third parties now be involved in plan-making?
Influence • Who is responsible for decision-taking? • Is there scope to initiate a neighbourhood plan? • Who will be consulted and when?
Interaction • Back to scratch for local plans? • How is ‘objective need’ being identified and met? • Pre-application consultation for applications
Impact • What benefits will the development provide? • Will any contributions mitigate/enhance these? • How can you make the case for development?
Key questions
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+1. Intelligence: know your plans & plan-makers
• New roles for parish and town councils
• Neighbourhood forums could emerge
• New initiatives could be promoted – NDOs; CRtBO; Community Bids to take over community assets
• LDF updates and amendments
• Transitional arrangements for Local Plans
• CIL Charging Schedules
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+1. Intelligence: know your plans & plan-makers
Loca
l Pla
n
Ne
igh
bo
urh
oo
d
Site
• Strategic priorities/needs for the area
• Broad locations for development
• Evidence base
• Shared vision for neighbourhood
• Conformity with Local Plan…
• …able to ‘shape and direct’ development
• Still required to meet target/need?
• Included in Neighbourhood Plan?
• Promote via Neighbourhood Plan?
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+2. Influence: identifying decision-takers
• Neighbourhood forums – 233 in place with capital funding & technical support; first NDP due for independent examination this week
• Town and Parish Councils – from consultee to decision-maker & taker
• 50% of local electorate – needed to adopt NDP
• District Councils - new flexibility to determine development targets
• Community – pre-engagement on major developments
• Key stakeholders – pre-engagement
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+
Parish Council
Planning Officer
Planning Committee
Neighbourhood
Neighbourhood Forum
Developer
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+3. Interaction: securing a seat at the table
• Setting up neighbourhood forums – participate; join; facilitate
• Neighbourhood plans – monitor; engage; comment
• Local Plan amendments – 12 month window – monitor; engage; comment
• CIL Charging Schedules – monitor; engage; comment
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+3. Interaction: securing a seat at the table
Neighbourhood Plan Local Plan
Alternative housing allocation Employment land allocation relocated
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+4. Impact: making the local case for development
• Understanding the community’s development aspirations
• What are the infrastructure requirements
• What is on the CIL Schedule
• New Homes Bonus
• How can the community gain
• How can community impacts be offset
• Sustainable development test
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+4. Impact: making the local case for development
Economic Social Environmental
• jobs
• growth
• infrastructure
Ben
efit
s o
f d
evel
op
men
t p
rop
osa
l • housing
• local services
• health & well-being
• protection
• natural resources
• low carbon
NPPF: Presumption in favour of Sustainable Development
Local Plan Neighbourhood Plan
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+Summary
• Neighbourhood Planning – good news or bad?
• New players in the decision-taking and plan-making arena
• New players & new tools
• Benefits direct to local communities
• Strategic growth set by districts
• Spatial distribution of growth set by neighbourhoods
• Flexibility for districts/boroughs
• Next 12 months critical:
• neighbourhoods formalise and prepare
• district and borough councils review and amend
• inspectors and the courts interpret
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+Contact
Alan Gunne-Jones Principal T: 0207 1010 789 E: [email protected] Twitter: @plan_dev
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