Shropshire Council – Planning for Neighbourhoods Jake Berriman Head of Strategic Delivery

LOCALised planning in Shropshire Localism, Localism, Localism Transference of power Collaborative plan making Local Plans Place Plans Parish and neighbourhood plans

LOCALised planning Parish and Neighbourhood Plans Place Plans SAMDev Core Strategy NPPF

Neighbourhood Planning in Shropshire 5 Government Front Runners; Much Wenlock Town Oswestry Town and Lydbury North Parish Kinnerley Parish and in Shrewsbury, Underdale, Monkmoor and Abbey Neighbourhood Forum BUT…….

Shropshire: Planning 4 Neighbourhoods... Over 90 existing Town and Parish Plans New opportunities for community Planning in Shropshire Place Plans give voice to ALL community- led plans CIL provides financial backing to community aspirations

Listening: Community Toolkit Events

Need to improve sustainability – radically in the case of rural areas. Sustainability (Sustainable Growth) means different things in different places: the toolkit events help identify what is important locally. Top of the list is usually: Affordable housing for local people Jobs & economic development Community facilities Transport How is this achieved? Leading: Linking development with improving places

Much Wenlock Issues: Creating a sustainable community Meeting local housing needs Creating a prosperous local economy Protecting our local environment Improving community services

Much Wenlock Thoughts: Opportunity and cultural changes Governance and momentum Scope – the community’s ambitions Human Resources – skills, commitment, cooperation Project management disciplines Communications including managed public launch Learn from others

Oswestry Issues: ~ Aligning new work with on-going Town Plan review ~ Establishing new governance arrangements ~ Developing a pragmatic approach linked to LDF ~ Securing professional support

Community Led Plan Community Planning CCS Parish Council Community Shropshire Council Funding Specialist Support Volunteer Time AONB Community Volunteering Actions e.g.litter picks, newsletters etc Community Actions e.g village hall, shop, pub, playing field Service Actions e.g. police, highways, GP, library, Broadband Parish Council Actions e.g. lobbying, improved communication, accountability VCS Actions e.g. Extend Classes, Good Neighbour Scheme Planning Actions e.g. adoption into Place Plan, hubs/ Clusters, Full Neigh- bourhood plan. Local Businesses Business Actions e.g. Business Directory, Local website, Broadband, Local Produce

Community led Planning: simple Local Plan Provides Strategic overview Spatial plan role for parish/neighbourhood plans ~Shropshire will support Town/Parish Plan reviews as “neighbourhood plan” approach Council will “adopt” neighbourhood plans as material considerations (informal), AND… where requested support a hearing and referendum (formal approach)

Development is linked to improved infrastructure and affordable housing for local people Infrastructure and affordable housing helps make places more sustainable Communities are more willing to accept more development Landowners have more opportunities to utilise their land for building A more positive policy approach towards development Sustainable Growth: Creating a “virtuous circle”. CIL & s106 Core Strategy policies Place Plans Land supply

Establishing the Local Development Framework Managing Development Working Across Borders Investing Locally Understanding Places SHROPSHIRE PLACE PLANS Transforming Shropshire Council

A better approach to planning Squaring the circle when the public want improvement but don’t like change – Shift the discussion to the positive benefits that development can bring: Not, “Do you want this development?” but, “How can we improve your place?”

Place Plans put communities in the driving seat Part of the Council’s corporate approach to locality working: Provides an ongoing process for building a shared vision, what needs to be done and how it will be achieved. Identifies community priorities for developer contributions. Reviewed annually to reflect changing needs and priorities.

Place Plans as a tool for co-ordinating investment Sets out infrastructure requirements by settlement Provides transparency to local communities on discussions with infrastructure providers Identifies opportunities for other funding & co-ordination between agencies

Development & investment go hand-in-hand CIL receipts: 90% of CIL to be spent on ‘local infrastructure’ – defined as in or close to the settlement in which the development has taken place. Affordable housing: mix of on-site affordable homes and financial contributions. Financial contributions to be spent in parish within 1 year, or within Place Plan area within 5 years. After 5 years extended to Shropshire-wide. New Homes Bonus?

Planning for Neighbourhoods: Portfolio Holder Gwilym Butler, says Shropshire is about: “Putting local communities in driving seat about development in their patch, giving communities a clear and powerful opportunity to identify needs and opportunities, for instance, helping villages identify whether they are willing to be hubs or clusters for development”