Presentation to the Bradford Property Forum 9 April 2008 Updating the Planning Service Christopher Hughes Assistant Director of Regeneration - Planning City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council Building a new business of regeneration – Planning the metropolitan area

Review of the Planning Service ‘Root and Branch Review’ – Tony Reeves Use the resources Listen, learn and act Big pictures – small steps …..Barra Mac Ruairi

Key Message if you do what you always did – you get what you always got

Strategic Director of Regeneration – Barra Mac Ruairi 1 X 5 X 800 X Assistant Director of Regeneration – Asset Mgt Mike Bell Assistant Director of Regeneration – Transportation John Blackburn Assistant Director of Regeneration – Housing David Shepherd Assistant Director of Regeneration – Economic DevMike Cowlam Assistant Director of Regeneration – Planning Christopher Hughes

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Review of the Planning Service Learning for Success Customers developers consultants, agents Members leading Planning members complaints Staff Peers

Key messages from the development sector Access to the Planning Service Customer differentiation Pre-application negotiations Information to Members Clarity on Planning Obligations Pro-active consultation A single voice Joined up Council Capacity of the Planning Service

What do we want? You – clarity Me, too You – speed Me, too – time costs money You – appreciation Me, I’ll go with understanding that I need to deliver balance/fairness, so we do need to manage tensions together

First steps Reshaping the Service now Making use of IT investment – to free up capacity Major Developments Team – to deliver the Development Team Approach…..pre-application, consultees and obligations Member engagement – to share the agenda and avoid surprises

Small steps? Next steps?

Thank you