Transcript Improving performance in planning services

Sustainable Growth and the Plan Led System
Jane Everton
Deputy Director
Planning – Development Plans Division
8 November 2013
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Growth and Planning
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0.7%
GDP Growth
24,000
Unemployment
0.4%
UK Economy
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Why do we need sustainable growth?
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Average UK property price increased
by 4.3% to £170,918
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Average age of first time buyers
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Housing
Business
Infrastructure
221,000 homes needed a year
Meeting Community Needs
Makes Financial Sense
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What’s the Alternative?
Developer led planning
Limited local control
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What have we done to put a
plan led system in place?
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Legislation and Policy
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Localism Act
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NPPF
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Guidance Review
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Simplification and De-regulation
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Red Tape Challenge
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Reduced reporting to Whitehall
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Incentives
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Accepting and engaging in development
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How is the reformed planning system
supporting sustainable growth?
Certainty
Speed and Simplification
Transparency
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How is the reformed planning system
supporting sustainable growth?
76% published
– twice more
than 2010
Getting
Local Plans
in Place
51% adopted
PINS updates
on Plans
progress
More direct,
regular support
CERTAINTY
Earlier PINS
visits
Strategic
Planning
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Tools for Growth
Certainty for developers
Locally led process
Guidance on
Duty to
Cooperate
Supporting
cross boundary
issues
Bottom up
approach
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Local Plan Progress
Local Plans: Publications & Adoptions
300
250
Number of Local Plans
200
150
254
100
189
173
137
50
112
59
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General Election (May 2010)
NPPF Publication (March 2012)
Published
Now (October 2013)
Adopted
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