PLANNING AND GROWTH. Steve Quartermain Chief Planner

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1 PLANNING AND GROWTH Steve Quartermain Chief Planner

2 Overview of the planning system National Policy and Guidance SofS call-in cases a Local Plan / LDO Neighbourhood Plans NDO (Optional) Planning Applications & Decisions (LAs) 426,000 Yes OUTCOMES (88% approved) Plan Making No Appeals & Decisions (PINS) 15,000 SoS Recovered Appeals 200 Decision taking 2

3 NPPF presumption in favour of sustainable development 3

4 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. 4

5 Strategic change: overview Local Sustainable Simple Localism Act Duty to cooperate Neighbourhood Planning Regional Strategy revocation Robust Evidence of need and 5 year land supply Strong protections still in place NPPF and Guidance Review Presumption in favour of sustainable development NSIP 1300 pages of policy down to less than page s of guidance reduced and now on web Community Infrastructure Levy Section 106 Deregulation and Simplification Proportionate Information requirements Use Class Order Permitted development rights Infrastructure Bill Growth and Infrastructure Act Major Infrastructure Conditions Tackling LA poor performance Unblocking stalled sites Effective Speeding up appeals Award of costs Statutory consultees Brownfield package 5

6 Local Plans progress

7 What s Already Changed? (and consulted on) Does it need permission? Preapplication stage Post-application Taken wholly or partially out of the system: Offices to residential Warehouse to Residential Residential / commercial extensions Agricultural building conversions High Street Users Broadband equipment State-funded schools Legal requirement for information requested to be reasonable Local lists must be updated every 2 years Cut design & access statement requirements Simpler requirements at outline stage Ability to appeal against non-validation Guidance on more proportionate PPAs Planning guarantee (fee refund if no decision in 26 weeks) Designation of underperforming authorities Scrapped need to give reasons for approval Replaced by need to demonstrate positive approach Stat Cons Process Faster planning appeals Strengthened awards of costs at appeal Penfold rationalisation of related consents 13 week limit for related consent decisions Discharging Conditions Flats over shops EIA Threshold Temporary uses: Media Underpinned by: NPPF: wholesale review of guidance; inflation-related fee increase for planning authorities; improvement plans for statutory consultees 7

8 Wider Initiatives Right to Build Brownfield Implementation Plan S106 Threshold CIL looking ahead to review

9 Progress on Neighbourhood Plans communities have embarked on neighbourhood Planning 140+ communities have published their neighbourhood plan for consultation 50+ successful examinations 34+ successful neighbourhood planning referendums 26 neighbourhood plans made 3 more referendums in November Communities are using their new power to o o o choose where new housing should go eg Thame, South Oxfordshite grant planning permission eg Cockermouth, Allerdale (NDO) protect local green spaces eg Arundel, Arun and more.. 9

10 Impact of Changes to Date More homes are being approved - 197,000 on major sites in year to June ,000 with minor sites up 14 per cent on previous year and the highest level since % LPA: published a plan 59% Adopted Speed of determination up to 79% (majors) in April to June 10

11 Percentage of decisions in agreed time

12 % builders citing planning delays as major constraint to new supply 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q

13 Ambition 200K Houses OFFSITE CONSTRUCTION Garden Cities Positive Planning Making a Difference Autumn Statement 13

14 PLANNING AND GROWTH Steve Quartermain Chief Planner