Planning changes & challenges Steve Barker Principal Consultant January 2016www.pas.gov.uk

3 Planning reform overview NPPF and Guidance Review Presumption in favour of sustainable development Localism Act Strong protections still in place Unblocking stalled sites Tackling LA poor performance Neighbourhood Planning Regional Strategy revocation Robust Evidence of need and 5 year land supply Duty to cooperate SimpleLocalSustainable ProportionateEffective Deregulation and Simplification Information requirements Speeding up appeals Award of costs Permitted development rights 6000 page s of guidance reduced and now on web 1300 pages of policy down to less than 50 Major Infrastructure Section 106 Use Class Order Statutory consultees Community Infrastructure Levy Growth and Infrastructure Act NSIP Conditions Compulsory community consultation EIA Thresholds

The government agenda The future elements following the election: no (or little) change of policy framework combined authorities, up to date local plans, continuation of the performance regime community right to build, plan, etc brownfield focus, LDOs, resourcing,

Allow an element of housing to be included in major infrastructure proposals take forward under the nationally significant infrastructure planning regime S106 - introducing a dispute resolution mechanism to speed up negotiations and allow housing proceed more quickly CIL review of system in 2015 Streamline length and process of local plans Allow the Mayor to call in planning applications of 50 homes or more Productivity Plan: Planning Measures

Strengthening guidance on the duty to cooperate to emphasise the importance of councils working together to meet the housing and infrastructure needs of communities. Reviewing the threshold below which agricultural buildings my be converted to residential use using permitted development rights. Helping London to “build up” rather than “build out”, delivering more homes for Londoners while protecting he countryside Rural Productivity Plan (August 2015) – review of planning barriers Productivity Plan: Planning Measures

Housing & Planning Bill Planning Permission in Principle for housing development on sites allocated in local and neighbourhood plans or identified on the new brownfield register; Local Plan Intervention if no plan by early 2017 Neighbourhood Planning changes to LPA requirements Planning Application of performance for majors and non majors Reporting financial benefits of applications that go to committee Delivery of Starter Homes

Housing & Planning Bill Bill Amendments Piloting of alternate providers for processing planning applications Giving Mayor of London/combined authority the power to produce local plans if an LPA is not progressing their plan Introduction of a Planning Obligations Dispute Resolution service Introduction of a new affordable housing definition

The new Non Majors Performance Do you know your non majors (minors and others) performance? We think it will be 60% threshold NB: you are already in the 7th of the 8 quarters which make up performance period (July 2014 – June 2016)

Table 153 (minors and others) for 24 months to end of Sept 2015 LPA Name 24 months to end of September 2015 Total minor and other development decisions 1 Total minor and other development decisions 1 within 8 weeks 2 Planning Performance Agreement, agreed Extension of Time or Environmental Impact Assessment decisions 3,4 Planning Performance Agreement, agreed Extension of Time or Environmental Impact Assessment decisions within agreed time 3 % within 8 weeks or within agreed time with penalty for missing data Northampton1,6341, St. Helens1,2251, Rotherham1,8481, Stockton-on-Tees1,4661, Dudley2,3142, Wychavon2,2671, Bury1,4831, Redcar and Cleveland Solihull2,8162, York2,5371, Bracknell Forest1,5721, Isle Of Wight2,2381, Weymouth and Portland Lambeth4,4463, Blaby1, Swale1, Brighton and Hove3,6351, Wyre1,

Table 151 (majors)for 24 months to end of Sept 2015 ONS name 24 months to end of September 2015 All Major Decisions Major Decisions within 13 weeks 2 PPA, EoT or EIA Decisions 3 Total PPA, EoT or EIA 1 Decisions within agreed time % within 13 weeks or within agreed time with penalty for missing data Bury Rotherham Stockton-on-Tees St. Helens Blaby Redcar & Cleveland Lambeth Dudley Northampton Bracknell Forest Solihull Swale Wychavon York Weymouth and Portland Brighton and Hove Wyre Isle Of Wight

Local Plan Intervention Will this affect you? Do you have a post 2004 plan? Are you going to have a plan in place by 2017(?) ? Will you care? Do you have an up to date plan (post NPPF (post 2012))?

Government Agenda Housing & Planning Bill Is any of this causing you concern? Have you started to do anything in response yet? This is an opportunity to ask questions, get clarifications and vent!!!!! - but there will have a time limit.