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The Planning Convention, 28 June 2016
Better Planning Solutions:
The Challenge of Growth
The Value of the Plan
Paul Barnard
Assistant Director
Strategic Planning
and Infrastructure
Plymouth City Council
STRATEGIC CONTEXT
PLYMOUTH PLAN
THE PLAN FOR HOMES
AGENDA
PLYMOUTH
STRATEGIC CONTEXT 1943 A Plan for Plymouth
1956 Development Plan
1987 Local Plan
1996 Local Plan
2001 Local Plan First Deposit
2003 Vision for Plymouth
2007 LDF Core Strategy adopted
2007-2010 - 6 Area Action Plans adopted
2015 – The Plymouth Plan
STRATEGIC CONTEXT
Southern Plymouth – approximately
7,900 dwellings (including
Waterfront developments)
Northern Plymouth –
approximately 4,300
dwellings (including
known provision at
Derriford)
Eastern Plymouth – approximately
2,930 dwellings (including Morley
Park and other known commitments
in Plymstock and
Plympton
Approximately 7,000 dwellings to be
located in the Urban Fringe to meet
Plymouth’s needs, including
Sherford and exploring the potential
for further development at Woolwell
and Newnham
The Plymouth Plan
THE PLYMOUTH PLAN CONCEPT
PCC Cabinet – 11 September 2012
One overarching
strategic Plymouth
Plan
Integrated…
Holistic…
Long term…
An innovative
approach…
Reflect aspirations of
Council, businesses
and communities…
A plan for the city
that everyone can
buy in to…
The Statutory Development Plan
The Local Transport Plan
The Health & Wellbeing Strategy
The Cultural Strategy
The Local Economic Strategy
The Local Housing Strategy
The Children and Young People’s Plan
The Child Poverty Strategy
The Community Safety Strategy
The Infrastructure and Investment Plan
The Greenspace Strategy
THE PLYMOUTH PLAN REPLACES OVER 130
DIFFERENT STRATEGIES, INCLUDING:
CITY VISION By 2031, for Plymouth to be one of Europe’s most vibrant waterfront cities
where an outstanding quality of life is enjoyed by everyone, where the
following strategic outcomes have been realised:
Plymouth’s strategic
role is fulfilled as a
regional city and a
major economic
driver for the heart of
the south west.
Plymouth as a healthy
city, where its people
live in happy, healthy,
safe and aspiring
communities.
Plymouth as a
growing city, which
has used its
economic, social and
environmental
strengths to deliver
quality and
sustainable growth.
Plymouth as an
international city,
renowned as Britain’s
Ocean City,
harnessing the
benefits of the city’s
outstanding
waterfront and
maritime heritage.
THE PLYMOUTH PLAN
CONVERSATIONS
October 2012 – June 2013
Based around the question, “What’s The
Future?”
Front loaded, open ended
engagement encouraging people to
talk about their fears and aspirations
Plymouth Plan Sofa
Plymouth Plan Pop Up Shop
THE PLYMOUTH PLAN
CONNECTIONS
July 2014 - October 2014
More detail, asking people to connect evidence
with their communities…
24 Topic Papers produced covering everything
from Health to Housing to Sport
8 Area Assessments setting out information
about the entire city
The sofa was back…visiting over 60
different venues chatting to people
about what they liked/didn’t like in the
city.
We also asked local community groups
to host their own events and workshops.
21 January 2015 – 04 March 2015
The comments and evidence base which
had been collected so far, were used to
draft Plymouth Plan Part One. This was then
consulted on as well as a Sustainability
Appraisal and a booklet version of an
Equality Impact Assessment.
Throughout Plymouth Plan Part
One’s various stages, we received
approximately 4,000 comments and
won a national planning award: the
RTPI award for Excellence in Plan
Making Practice 2015.
THE PLYMOUTH PLAN
CHECK UP
Why is the Plymouth Plan Successful?
1 – One Integrated Strategy lets you tell your story once, very simply and
effectively. All partners can buy in to an accepted Vision – one version of the
truth.
2 – One Plan enables more efficient use of limited resources – switching from
writing strategies to delivering actions.
3 – Helps build and maintain Cross Party political support for Growth
4 – It makes your Chief Executive’s life simpler, and their commitment is critical.
5 – A multi-disciplinary approach of officers helps to ensure departmental buy-in
and support and a focus on what the key interventions are.
6 - Continuous Engagement with partners and communities must be a firm
commitment, and seen to be real.
Why is the Plymouth Plan Successful?
7 – Beginning to see some alignment of corporate processes (Scrutiny, Budget
Planning) to priorities set out in the Plan.
8 – Alignment of Capital Programme to Plymouth Plan.
9 – Success in funding bids because of clear vision and strategy.
10 – Clarity and certainty for private sector investment decisions to be made.
We are still learning….
11 - Watch for Moving Goalposts - keep on top of the latest developments in
national planning policy and planning reforms – but continue to innovate and
deliver solutions – and stick to YOUR Vision for YOUR place.
12 - We still have key challenges – managing a complex workload, across three
planning authorities with different cultures, resourcing strategic planning and the
wider planning function, and finding a way through the Public Examination
The Plan for Homes
Low wage economy -
Average earnings £23K;
40% less than £20k
Lower quartile
house costs 6.3
times lower
quartile salary
Growing and ageing population identified demand for a further 8 Extra Care housing schemes
133 households in
temporary
accommodation.
Many wait for
over 6 months
80% of future
affordable housing
needs are 1 & 2
bed
13,000 households
on housing register,
over
3,000 in priority need
12% increase in
homeless approaches
over past 12 months
particularly vulnerable
single people
Requires a
credible
response …
PARTNERSHIP WORKING AND
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
“Delivering Stability: Securing Our Future Housing Needs. Review of Housing Supply, Kate Barker (HM Treasury, March 2004). “Culcutt Review: The Culcutt Review of Housebuilding Delivery”. (CLG, November 2007). “Increasing Housing Supply”, CLG Housing Markets and Planning Expert Panel. (CLG, July 2008). “Mind the Gap – Housing Supply in a Cold Climate”. (Town and Country Planning Association, September 2009). “International Review of Land Supply and Planning Systems”. (Joseph Rowntree Foundation, March 2013). “Delivering Large Scale Housing: Unlocking Schemes and Sites to meet the UK’s Housing Needs”. (Royal Town Planning Institute, September 2013). “Mobilising across the Nation to Build the Homes Our Children Need”, Lyons Review (Labour Party, October 2014). “From Statutory Provider to Housing Delivery Enabler: Review into the Local Authority Role in Housing Supply”, Elphicke-House Review (CLG, January 2015).
Launched in November 2013
Ambition = 5,000 Homes
• 138 acres of land released in less than 18 months
• 33 sites: 12 sites either
complete or under construction
• 1,650 homes – 840 (51%)
Affordable • 73% on brownfield land
Launched February 2016
£80 Million Programme to support
commitment to deliver 5,000 new
homes
• Leadership through Housing Needs
Working Group
• £30 Million Land Acquisition Fund
• £3 Million Housing Infrastructure
Fund
• £1 Million Empty Homes Programme
• £500,000 Specialist Housing
Programme
• £500,000 Self Build Funding Scheme
• Strategic Land Review
• Downsizing Programme
• Plymouth Housing Company
• Various Planning Innovations – 2
year consents, Barrier Busting
Initiative, Business Relationship
Programme
OVERALL HOUSING DELIVERY
63% increase in completions on 2 years ago (1,244 gross)
1,282 start on sites:
30% increase and
highest since
2006/07
95% brownfield
13% increase in
dwellings under
construction (1,007);
highest since 2007/08
Housing offer includes; higher than
policy affordable and lifetime homes,
Extra Care, PassivHaus, Self Build,
Disability Units, higher housing
standards, Social Rented Homes,
Starter Homes
689 affordable homes
completed in last 2
years
THANK YOU
PROACTIVE POSITIVE PLANNING
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