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Getting planning permission for student housing schemes

Simon Bevan – Planning and Transport Policy Manager

Slide one

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London Student Housing Conference

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Plan led system

• Local Development Frameworks being prepared

• Most boroughs using UDP• Southwark’s UDP newly adopted –

policies to be saved beyond 2010

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Plan led system

• Spatial expression of the community strategy

• Specific to the place• Southwark vision: ‘a world class

quarter of a world city’

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Southwark Plan

• Adopted July 2007• Central activities

zone• Strategic cultural

area• 2 universities

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Central London

London Bridge

Elephant

and

Castle

BermondseyCanada Water

Aylesbury

Peckham

Borough

and

Bankside

Old Kent Road

Camberwell

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Tackling poverty – encouraging wealth creation

• Restrictions in certain areas• Preferred Office Locations• Preferred Industrial Locations• Mixed use

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Life chances – improving community assets

• Enhancing community facilities

• Planning obligations• Supplementary

planning document (SPD)

• Toolkit for developers

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Clean and green

• Sustainability assessment

• Flood risk

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Housing

• Non self-contained housing for identified user groups

• Demonstrate need• Protect amenity• Adequate

infrastructure

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Sustainable transport

• Transport assessment

• Green travel plan• Cycle parking• Restriction on

parking permits• Disabled parking

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Planning and Building Control Service

• 13 week target for major applications• Pre-application advice – scale of

charges