Perception of Planning byDifferent Stakeholders

Do we really Do we really

Cllr. Anthony GreenwoodBlaby District Council

September 2012

My ApproachMy Approach

• Provide a brief background regarding S106 agreements issues

• Describe key issues and affects on key stakeholders

• Describe the action taken and by whom to improve/remedy the situation

• Describe the outcomes and benefits so far

Who are the “Stakeholders?”Who are the “Stakeholders?”

An individual or a group that can influence, or be influenced by Planning departments of District and County Councils, and thus form an important element in the establishment of Communications.

Why do we need to Communicate?Why do we need to Communicate?Only informative and effective communication

can assist in the development of a good relationship between Planning officers and the environment, thus informing and changing attitudes including the development of mutual trust and social responsibility on all sides.

AIMSAIMS Communication of information plays a strategic role

within the planning environment

Understanding the principles of effective

communication

Listening in relation to life in general

Recognising the importance of developing and

maintaining communication with people within our

communities

Respecting difficult planning and other complex

matters or situations relating to the quality of life

Developing an effective communication strategy with

stakeholders

Why do we need to Why do we need to communicate effectively?communicate effectively?

“What do communities want?

•To be afforded the same courtesies as they afford

you

•Good communication with Planning professionals

•To be given clear, understandable and relevant

information about their planning applications, public

consultations, pending Secretary of State Appeals

Effective communication is perhaps the most important attribute of successful

planning.

The difference between stress, strife and serenity often depends on the meaning and interpretation of a single word…….

YOURS !

What usually happens?What usually happens?

• Only 50% of concerns are likely to be elicited

• Little information obtained about their

personal or communities perception

• Information that is given is on many occasions

given in an inflexible way

• Little checking of applicants understanding of

requirements, or how the planning system

works

Planning Professionals Planning Professionals “distance” themselves from “distance” themselves from

local communities and local communities and individual applicantsindividual applicantsFear of…..

Unleashing strong emotions and upsetting the community or applicant

Damaging any perceived relationship and doing more harm than good

Facing difficult questions

Getting too close or emotionally involved

Taking up too much time / too busy

Concern about personal survival within the organisation

Assessment of relevant issues involved

How to explore and delve to gain a clear

understanding and move on

Handling difficult situations – ie breaking

bad news – “planning permission refused”,

difficult questions, uncertainty

Think that…….

It’s not my jobI may not be able to do anything about itInstructions from the organisation prevents disclosure

Lack of support……….

From working colleaguesFrom colleagues in other authoritiesFrom County Council colleagues

TOP FIVE PLANNING MYTHS TOP FIVE PLANNING MYTHS AND OTHERSAND OTHERS

The Default Response to a Planning

Application is “NO”

PLANNING IS SLOW

PLANNING IS COSTLY

PLANNING IS A DRAG ON ECONOMIC

GROWTH

PLANNING FORCES HOUSE PRICES UP

OTHER MYTHS

ACRONYMS

ABBREVIATIONS

TITLES

Information and research indicates over two hundred (200) acronyms are presently in use by

planners.

AAP Area Action PlanAMR Annual Monitoring ReportCS Core StrategyGPDDGeneral Permitted Development OrderLDD Local Development DocumentLDF Local Development FrameworkLDS Local Development SchemePPG Planning Policy GuidanceRPG Regional Planning GuidanceSEA Strategic Environmental AssessmentSPD Supplementary Planning DocumentTPO Tree Preservation Order

Although Developers do even better with over three hundred (300)

OWL Outstanding Works List or Harry

Potter: Ordinary Wizarding Level

QIP Quality Improvement Plan

QMP Quality Management Plan

PPE Personal Protection Equipment

CDM Construction (Design Management) Regulations

CMP Contract Management Plan

QMS Quality Management System

IMS Integrated Management System

I&TP Inspection and Test Plan

O&M Operating & Maintenance

DCS Drawing Comment Sheet

DWB Don’t Walk By

The District Council is fully aware of the local support for this proposal and considers that the particular circumstances outweigh the policy presumption to refuse.

On this basis, taking into account the relevant provisions of the development plan as summarised and also other material considerations, the proposed development is acceptable, as per the following

To permit, subject to the applicant entering into a section 106 agreement/unilateral undertaking or payment of monies to secure the following……..........…

1.On-site public open space maintenance contribution or an agreed maintenance programme;

2.Provision of 25% affordable housing;

3.Payment to Leicestershire and Rutland Primary Care Trust towards healthcare;

4.Payment to the Police Authority;

5.Payment towards library facilities;

6.Payment towards public transport.

7.Payment towards footpath upgrade

8.Payment towards Civic Waste

 

AND SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:

Précis conditions 1.Statutory outline condition2.Details to be submitted (including full details of vehicular access)3.Landscaping scheme to be carried out4.Existing trees to be retained to be protected.5.Materials to be agreed.6.Buildings not to exceed two storeys in height.7.Noise attenuation proposals to be agreed.8.Foul and surface water drainage details to be agreed.9.Sustainable drainage scheme to be agreed.10.Finished floor levels to be set at or above levels identified within the Flood Risk Assessment.11.Flood compensation scheme to be submitted and agreed.12.No development within 8 metres of Whetstone Brook.13.Contamination risk assessment and remediation strategy to be approved.

14. Contamination verification report to be approved.

15. No infiltration of surface water drainage into any ground identified to be contaminated

16. Details of development to comply with LCC design standards.

17. Construction Method Statement to be agreed.18. Construction vehicle parking within site.19. Water Vole mitigation measures to be carried

out as identified in the ecological survey/report.20. Refuse Management Strategy to be submitted

and approved.21. Reserved Matters to make provision for

pedestrian/cycle link to existing informal footpath along the Whetstone Brook.

 

Summary of Reasons for Recommendation and Relevant Development Plan Policies

 The application site is designated as an Open Area of Importance to the Form and Character of the Built Environment on the Proposals Map of the Blaby District Local Plan (1999).

However, the proposed residential development would include public open space adjoining Whetstone Brook and sustainable drainage attenuation ponds to its north and south, thus retaining open form and character over a large section of this land.

East Midlands Regional Plan (March 2009) Policy 1 – Regional Core ObjectivesPolicy 2 – Promoting Better DesignPolicy 3 – Distribution of New DevelopmentPolicy 12 – Development in the Three Cities Sub-AreaPolicy 13a – Regional Housing ProvisionPolicy 35 – A Regional Approach to Managing Flood RiskPolicy 43 – Regional Transport ObjectivesPolicy Three Cities SRS 3 – Housing Provision

Blaby District Local Plan (1999) Policy R4: Affordable HousingPolicy R13: Playspace for ChildrenPolicy R14: Open Space Provision for Formal RecreationPolicy T6: Parking and ServicingPolicy C10: Open Areas of Importance to the Form and Character of the Built EnvironmentPolicy L2: Protection of Recreation Land and BuildingsPolicy CE22: LandscapingPolicy CE25: Crime PreventionPolicy M3: Contaminated LandPolicy CF5: Floodplain ProtectionPolicy IM1: Planning Obligations  

PLANNING

FINANCE

HUMAN RESOURCES

CUSTOMER CES

ADMIN

ATION

Implement the following recommendations:

Transparency in Communication,

between

Planning Departments and Finance

Depts

Information on Section 106 should be

reported

““Sustain the New Approach”Sustain the New Approach”

•appropriately funded for the long term and the sustainability of this important work secured.

•temporary post of Developer Obligations Officer should be made permanent and added to the establishment budget.

•The Developed Obligations Post has been extended until the end of October 2012.

SECTION 106 CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Date Developer Development Application Contribution Amount 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 Total BalanceNumber Type £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £

2005/06 Morris Homes (East Midlands) Ltd Narborough Road South Open Space 115,932.00 103,942.00 1,600.00 4,385.00 6,005.00 115,932.00 0.002006/07 J.S.Bloor (Tamworth) Ltd Station Road, Stoney Stanton 05/0103 Off Site Recreation 120,124.00 120,124.00 (2,037.00) 118,087.00 2,037.002006/07 Various Thorpe Astley 89/1518 Community Centre 75,000.00 16,988.67 22,249.00 20,083.15 15,679.18 75,000.00 0.002007/08 Nottingham Community Housing Association Watergate Lane 06/0326 Open Space 73,595.00 53,164.91 3,088.60 17,341.49 73,595.00 0.0016/04/09 Persimmon Homes Thorpe Astley 89/1518 Community Centre 713,487.00 315,158.82 398,328.18 713,487.00 0.0016/04/09 Persimmon Homes Thorpe Astley 89/1518 Healthcare 171,208.00 171,208.00 171,208.00 0.0018/09/09 Persimmon Homes Thorpe Astley 89/1518 Community Centre 588.80 588.80 588.80 0.0003/12/09 Westleigh Developments Ltd The Dicken, Whetstone 07/0781 Open Space 64,710.80 64,710.80 64,710.80 0.0025/08/10 Private Individual 116a Groby Road 10/0418 Open Space 2,435.55 0.00 2,435.5516/11/10 Private Individual 1 Nowell Close 10/0609 Open Space 2,435.55 0.00 2,435.5507/01/11 Private Individual 4a Duncan Avenue, Huncote 11/0027 Open Space 2,435.55 0.00 2,435.5511/01/11 Private Individual The Old Rectory, Huncote Road Croft 10/0919 Open Space 3,896.88 0.00 3,896.8821/01/11 Williams Builders Limited 9 Oakfield Avenue Glenfield 07/0740 Allotments 555.56 0.00 555.5615/03/11 Bedford Builders Rear of 15 Barry Drive, Kirby Muxloe 10/0884/1/PX Open Space 4,871.71 0.00 4,871.7118/05/11 Private Individual 32-34 Leicester Road, Narborough 11/0155 Open Space 2,922.66 0.00 2,922.6625/05/11 Private Individual Church Farm, Elmsthorpe 10/0731 Open Space 4,871.10 0.00 4,871.1012/08/11 Sheiling Properties Ltd. Former Sapcote Site Supplies, Sapcote 09/0141 Open Space 18,396.50 18,396.50 18,396.50 0.0029/09/11 Private Individual 110 Forest Road, Narborough 11/0553 Open Space 2,435.55 0.00 2,435.5501/10/11 Taylor Woodrow Developments Ltd Land off Gullet Lane, Kirby Muxlow 06/0189 Open Space 30,707.18 0.00 30,707.1801/10/11 Westleigh Developments Ltd Coventry Road, Narborough 07/0029 Open Space 48,533.00 0.00 48,533.0013/10/11 Miller Homes Land between 57 – 65 St Johns, Enderby 07/0468 Open Space 28,622.59 0.00 28,622.5911/01/12 Taylor Woodrow Developments Ltd Land off Gullet Lane, Kirby Muxlow 06/0189 Open Space 30,707.18 0.00 30,707.1818/01/12 Cala Homes (Midlands) Limited Gullet Lane, Kirby Muxloe 06/0189 Library Contribution 18,510.00 18,510.00 18,510.00 0.0030/01/12 Private Individual Adj Fairview Avenue, Whetstone 10/0437 Open Space 11,690.64 0.00 11,690.6409/03/12 Redrow Leicester Road Countesthorpe 09/0293 Healthcare 69,175.97 0.00 69,175.9709/03/12 Redrow Leicester Road Countesthorpe 09/0293 Police 38,840.58 0.00 38,840.5809/03/12 Redrow Leicester Road Countesthorpe 09/0293 Cemetry Extension 5,341.11 0.00 5,341.1111/04/12 Persimmon Homes Borrowcup Close Countesthorpe 09/0492 Healthcare 126,935.00 0.00 126,935.0011/04/12 Persimmon Homes Borrowcup Close Countesthorpe 09/0492 Police 32,963.99 0.00 32,963.99

1,821,929.45 103,942.00 16,988.67 22,249.00 74,848.06 458,435.60 591,434.47 101,617.30 1,369,515.10 452,414.35

Less non-Blaby contributions16/04/09 Persimmon Homes Thorpe Astley 89/1518 Healthcare (171,208.00) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 (171,208.00) 0.00 (171,208.00) 0.0018/01/12 Cala Homes (Midlands) Limited Gullet Lane, Kirby Muxloe 06/0189 Library Contribution (18,510.00) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 (18,510.00) (18,510.00) 0.0009/03/12 Redrow Leicester Road Countesthorpe 09/0293 Healthcare (69,175.97) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 (69,175.97)09/03/12 Redrow Leicester Road Countesthorpe 09/0293 Police (38,840.58) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 (38,840.58)11/04/12 Persimmon Homes Borrowcup Close Countesthorpe 09/0492 Healthcare (126,935.00) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 (126,935.00)11/04/12 Persimmon Homes Borrowcup Close Countesthorpe 09/0492 Police (32,963.99) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 (32,963.99)

1,364,295.91 103,942.00 16,988.67 22,249.00 74,848.06 458,435.60 420,226.47 83,107.30 1,179,797.10 184,498.81

Note the £236,055 received in 2011/12 is now accounted for in the commuted sums received.

SECTION 106 COMMUTED MAINTENANCE CONTRIBUTIONS

Date Developer Development Application Amount Legal Fees Net Term Years

29/11/2004 Redrow Homes (Midlands) Limited Royal Lodge Estate, Narborough 00/01/1900 75,000.00 30/10/1902 73,965.64 20.0031/10/2005 David Wilson Homes Leicester Forest East 00/01/1900 108,950.00 30/09/1903 107,580.40 10.0028/02/2007 McClean Homes Nowell Close, Glen Parva 98/0447 5,365.14 11/05/1902 4,502.24 10.0030/11/2008 J.S.Bloor (Tamworth) Ltd Station Road, Stoney Stanton 05/0103 47,336.80 00/01/1900 47,336.80 20.0031/03/2009 Persimmon Homes 46 South Avenue 05/0731 14,993.91 00/01/1900 14,993.91 20.0008/07/2011 Barratt Homes North Midlands Division Thorpe Astley Community Centre 89/1518 78,684.86 00/01/1900 78,684.86 N.B. £60,819 paid to Braunstone TC. Remainder to be transferred on transfer of ownership.08/07/2011 Persimmon Homes Thorpe Astley Community Centre 89/1518 157,369.72 00/01/1900 96,550.72 N.B. £60,819 paid to Braunstone TC. Remainder to be transferred on transfer of ownership.14/03/2012 David Wilson Homes Foulds Lane, Whetstone 02/0078 54,600.00 00/01/1900 54,600.00

Jelsons Ltd. Forest Rd/Sportsfield Ln- Floodlighting 8,565.30 8,565.30

Payable for work BDC has carried out on outdoor courts at the Pavilion to replace flood lights as per original planning consent