PLANNING AND GROWTH

Steve Quartermain Chief Planner

Overview of the planning system

National Policy and Guidance

SofS call-in cases 20 a Local Plan / LDO Neighbourhood Plans NDO (Optional)

Plan Making

Planning Applications & Decisions (LAs) 469,000 Yes

OUTCOMES

(88% approved) No Appeals & Decisions (PINS) 15,982

Decision taking

SoS Recovered Appeals 219 2

NPPF

“presumption in favour of sustainable development”

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Core Planning Principles

• Proactively drive and support sustainable economic development to deliver the homes, business and industrial units, infrastructure and thriving local places that the country needs. Every effort should be made objectively to identify and then meet the housing, business and other development needs of an area, and respond positively to sider opportunities for growth.

• The Government is committed to ensuring that the planning system does everything it can to support sustainable economic growth.

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Strategic change: overview

Local Sustainable Simple

Localism Act

Duty to cooperate Regional Strategy revocation Neighbourhood Planning

NPPF and Guidance Review

Robust Evidence of need and 5 year land supply Strong protections still in place Presumption in favour of sustainable development 1300 pages of policy down to less than 50 6000 page s of guidance reduced and now on web NSIP Community Infrastructure Levy Section 106

Proportionate

Deregulation and Simplification Infrastructure Act Use Class Order Information requirements Permitted development rights Growth and Infrastructure Act Major Infrastructure Conditions Tackling LA poor performance Speeding up appeals Award of costs Unblocking stalled sites

Effective

Statutory consultees Brownfield package 5

Local Plans progress

300 000 250 000

Units

200 000 150 000 100 000 50 000

New homes granted permission:

Permissions on all sites

(rolling annual average)

Permissions on minor sites (quarterly) Permissions on major sites (quarterly)

2007-2014

0 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Source: Glenigan

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Housing is a driver of growth

• Value of new housing

£21.7bn

in 2013, 31% new work in construction sector.

• Overall construction is around

6% of economic output

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House building supports employment

• Construction is about

6% of all jobs

(2m jobs). • Housing market also drives

consumer confidence

, and so wider spending.

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Speed of decisions Percentage of decisions in time

90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% All major Minor Major residential 0% 2007 Q2 Q4 2008 Q2 Q4 2009 Q2 Q4 2010 Q2 Q4 2011 Q2 Q4 2012 Q2 Q4 2013 Q2 Q4 2014 Q2 10

Outcomes

• 240,000 new homes approved in the year to September 2014, up 17 per cent on previous year and highest level since 2007 • 78 per cent of major applications decided on time in the quarter July-September 2014, up from 57 per cent in same quarter in 2012 • Time taken to determine an appeal reduced from average of 23 weeks to 15, following changes introduced in October 2013 • Around 12,400 home extensions and 1,800 office-to-residential conversions got go-ahead in six months to September 2014 under new permitted development rights

Progress on Neighbourhood Plans

• • • • • • • 1400 communities have embarked on Neighbourhood Planning 200+ communities have published their neighbourhood plan for consultation 75+ successful examinations 52+ successful neighbourhood planning referendums 34 neighbourhood plans “made” 13 more referendums in March Communities are using their new power to o o o choose where new housing should go eg Thame, South Oxfordshire grant planning permission eg Cockermouth, Allerdale (NDO) protect local green spaces eg Arundel, Arun and more …..

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• Brownfield Implementation • Right to Build • Permitted Development • CIL Review • S106 Process • Housing Design Standards • Guidance - SUDS

Wider Initiatives

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• • • • • Implementation Land Availability Plan Making Red Tape Challenge Impact on Behaviour

FORWARD LOOK

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What Might This Look Like?

• • • • • • • • • • Have a vision Have a plan Have a commitment: understand resources Positive – make it happen – attitude Work with customers and wider community Consistency Speed – efficiency – active engagement Communication Team work – internal – external OUTCOMES, OUTCOMES, OUTCOMES 15

PLANNING AND GROWTH

Steve Quartermain Chief Planner