NPIERS Open Day

Gemma Beasley DRS Operations Manager 06 July 2017

Topics to be covered:

• Volumes and statistics on examinations and health checks through NPIERS

• Meet the NPIERS team • The areas Dispute Resolution Service(DRS)

cover outside of NPIERS • The examiner nomination process • The panel • Future development and promotion of NPIERS

Monthly totals of health checks and examinations from July 2016 – June 2017

32 2

12

3

12

12

4

0

7

16

8

6

13

8

18

1415

6

9

16

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

18

20

Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17

Health checks Examinations

Councils who have submitted three or more NPIERS applications over the last 12 months

Herefordshire Council, 19

Wilts County Council, 8

Cornwall Council, 6Leeds City Council, 5

Suffolk Coastal District Council, 3

Cheshire West & Chester Council (Civic Way), 3

Mid Sussex District Council, 3

Durham County Council, 3

Tewkesbury Borough Council, 3

West Lindsey District Council, 3

Broadland District Council, 3

Wychavon District Council, 3

Harborough District Council, 3

Meet the NPIERS team…

Mushtaq Ahmed Assistant Appointments

Manager

Kimberley Payne Case Officer

Hannah Lambert DRS Stakeholder &

Engagement Co-ordinator

Gemma Beasley DRS Operations

Manager

About DRS

Consultancy and development Designing and delivering tailored conflict avoidance and dispute

resolution services for governments and individual organisations to meet their

particular needs and challenges

Professional qualification/Training services enabling professionals within the

built environment to complete professional training and

assessment, qualify and gain accreditation to practice as a

dispute resolver to the highest standards of quality

Operations services Providing

appointment/nomination/referral services, which give parties

access to highly qualified and impartial dispute resolvers, who

are professionals in the land, property and construction sectors

DRS is the division of RICS responsible for providing conflict avoidance and resolution services globally with focus on the built environment sector. Focussing on three primary areas:

DRS Operations Service • Managing approximately 5000 applications annually • Appointing, Nominating and referring dispute resolvers in a wide range of matters

with the focus on the built environment, covering:

• Matching DRS makes referral, nominations and appointments from panels of trained and qualified dispute resolvers, the panels are set up and managed by DRS. All panel members also undergo regular reassessments

• Over four decades DRS will have appointed, nominated and referred over 200,000 dispute resolvers on cases

Commercial rent reviews Adjudication Rural

Miscellaneous disputes

Neighbourhood Planning and Independent

Examiner Referral Service (NPIERS)

Mediation

The NPIERS Referral Process

Received request to

nominate an examiner

AcknowledgeLPA & QB

Review and select

Approach/invite Examiner(s)

Receive response

Inform parties

Inform examiner(s)

Questions Please delete as applicable Notes

Are you able to accept this referral? Yes No If your answer is ‘No’, please delete as appropriate in the above box and return this form by email to me.If your answer is ‘Yes’,please complete the rest of this form and return it by email to me.

Can you undertake the task without delay or unnecessary expense?

Yes No

Do you have appropriate professional indemnity cover?

Yes No

If appointed, you will undertake this examination in accordance with the costs and fees detailed in the attached ‘NPIERS Examiner fees & costs’ document?

Yes No

Have you made appropriate enquiries, and are satisfied that you have no current involvements that would give rise to a real or perceived conflict of interest?

Yes Yes but see below Please use the space below to provide any further information in relation to any of the above questions, if appropriate:

Have you made appropriate enquiries, and are satisfied that there are no involvements within the past five years that would give rise to a real or perceived conflict of interest?

Yes Yes but see below Please use the space below to provide any further information in relation to any of the above questions, if appropriate:

Do you comply with any special requirements (if stated) that may be listed in the application details, contract and/or the application form?

Yes Yes but see below Please use the space below to provide any further information in relation to any of the above questions, if appropriate:

How the panel was established • Recruiting planning professionals • Requirement for a more robust approach • Demonstrating quality and standards • Submissions to demonstrate practice • Interview assessment • Rolling assessment – three year cycle

What the examiners were assessed against:

Competence requirements Knowledge and understanding of the basic conditions

Managing the process, including delivering outcome reports

Knowledge, application and understanding of the law and regulations

Decision, including identifying the issues and analytical reasoning

Continuing Professional Development

Overall Suitability

Future Development of NPIERS

Meeting with Locality to encourage more H/C

Ongoing marketing

campaigns to LPA’s & QB’s

Meet the examiner

day – April

Increasing links with Industry &

Government

Tailored CPD training for examiners

Working party

developing guidance

Gathering ideas and feedback

Dedicated Networking

with examiners

NPIERS Development

Thank you any questions?