1. Strategic Planning in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Councillor Peter Moakes Chair, Joint Strategic Planning & Transport Member Group John Williamson Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Joint Strategic Planning Unit

2. Content Background to area Strategic Planning – why now? Role of JSPU Governance Responding to the NPPF - Assessing Future Housing Requirements - Demonstrating the Duty to Co-operate Greater engagement with the LEP – Local Growth Strategy

3. Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Development Strategy Current strategy originated in 2003 Structure Plan; a sequential approach to development: Within Cambridge and Peterborough, consistent with role and character Expansion of both cities, subject to GB boundary changes Creation of a small town at Longstanton/Oakington In and, where appropriate, adjoining main market towns Strong emphasis on quality of development, affordability, accessibility, environmental sustainability; a coherent growth strategy – jobs and housing, with infrastructure Strategy reflected in East of England Plan (2001-2021): - 98,300 houses; 95,000 jobs

4. Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Structure Plan 2003

5. O pportunities and challenges Existing opportunities and challenges: -Delivering existing development strategies -Balancing jobs and housing growth (including affordability) -Transport capacity/infrastructure improvements -Maintaining a focus on design quality and quality of life for existing and new communities -Waste, water and energy New opportunities and challenges: -Local Enterprise Partnership -Enterprise Zone -Guided busway -Cambridge north rail station -Localism/neighbourhood plans -Duty to co-operate -NPPF

6. Strategic Planning – Why Now? Strong legacy of joint working (Structure Plan, RSS, Cambs. Horizons) Recognition of need for growth – but planned Geography of the county Influences & issues across administrative boundaries Co-ordinating local plan reviews Balance strategic economic role of LEP Duty to co-operate and NPPF

7. Barriers to economic growth Infrastructure deficit, especially transport Not enough homes Not enough affordable homes Skills coldspots/mismatches Loss of funding and capacity to address this

8. Role of Joint Strategic Planning Unit ‘ Light touch’ response to loss of strategic planning function Works for and to seven local authorities Two key areas of activity focused on Duty to Co- operate:  Co-ordinating technical work to support local plan reviews  Leading production of a spatial framework - to include a vision and objectives for growth, plus to reflect strategic priorities in the NPPF

9. Governance Dedicated cross-party members group Public Service Board – Chief Executives Senior Officer Groups – local authorities and LEP Working groups and project teams

10. National Policy (1) The National Planning Policy Framework: “Local planning authorities should have a clear understanding of housing needs in their area. They should prepare a Strategic Housing Market Assessment to assess their full housing needs, working with neighbouring authorities where housing market areas cross administrative boundaries.” (NPPF, paragraph 159)

11. The Housing Market Area The Cambridge Sub-Region HMA: Cambridge, East Cambridgeshire, Fenland, Huntingdonshire, South Cambridgeshire, Forest Heath and St Edmundsbury Working in collaboration with Peterborough

12. National Policy (2) The National Planning Policy Framework: “The Strategic Housing Market Assessment should identify the scale and mix of housing and the range of tenures that the local population is likely to need over the plan period which: - meets household and population projections, taking account of migration and demographic change; - addresses the need for all types of housing, including affordable housing and the needs of different groups in the community (such as, but not limited to, families with children, older people, people with disabilities, service families and people wishing to build their own homes); and - caters for housing demand and the scale of housing supply necessary to meet this demand.” (NPPF, paragraph 159)

14. Potential population of Cambridgeshire at 2031

15. National Policy (3) The National Planning Policy Framework: - LPAs ‘will be expected to demonstrate evidence of having effectively cooperated to plan for issues with cross- boundary impacts…’ - ‘…they should consider producing joint planning policies on strategic matters and informal strategies…’ - ‘…by way of plans or policies…a memorandum of understanding or a jointly prepared strategy which is presented as evidence of an agreed position.’ (NPPF, paragraph 181)

16. Memorandum of Co-operation Provides additional evidence of DTC – by demonstrating that emerging district-level strategies contribute to a strategic, area-wide vision, objectives and spatial strategy. Includes: - Spatial portrait - Economic and demographic context for future growth - Spatial vision and objectives - Spatial Approach - Key diagrams – area in 2011 and 2031 - Confirmation of objectively assessed need for additional housing across the HMA

17. Local Growth Strategy Greater Cambridge Greater Peterborough LEP leading work on Local Growth Strategy (alternatively called ‘Strategic Economic Plans’) Key strategy for enabling ‘growth deals’ between LEPs and Govt; and to enable competitive bidding for annual £2bn Single Local Growth Fund Covers transport, housing and skills Key criteria include ‘a co-ordinated approach to strategic planning’ Opportunity for greater integration between strategic economic and spatial issues Added value to LGS process by developing a long-term investment framework for the LEP area

18. Outputs and outcomes to date Joint Statement on the development strategy for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough (July 2012) Updated Strategic Housing Market Assessment covering seven districts in Cambridgeshire and west Suffolk Good understanding of objectively assessed need over the next 20 years Joint governance arrangements – Members and officers Agreed spatial vision and objectives for long-term growth of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Additional evidence of Duty to Co-operate ‘Neutral space’ for discussion and mediation between authorities Next challenge – Supporting LEP-wide Local Growth Strategy