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Welcome to IPAD
www.southwestrda.org.uk
Landscape Post RDA and RSS
Sir Harry Studholme
Post RDA
RDAs to close by April 2012 European Funds Management transfer to
DCLG/DEFRA Business Links post 25/11/11- based around
email/telephone support TSB-UKTI-HCA to take over elements of work LEPs to represent economic interests Assets to be Transferred at market value
Population Density: G20
1909 Town Planning Act - forbade the building of back-to-back housing 1930 Housing Act required all slum housing to be cleared in designated improvement areas1947 Town and Country Planning Act introduced the basis of the current system including requirement for Local Authorities to complete a plan1955 The national Green Belt system 1968 County structure plans are introduced to co-ordinate and guide local plans 1988 Regional planning guidance is introduced to act as a strategic guide for county structure plans 1990 The Town and Country Planning Act 1990. The act divides planning into forward planning and development control. 1990 The Planning and Compensation Act 199 introduces the plan-led system, affirming that planning applications should be decided in line with the development plan 2004 The Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 scraps county-level structure plans and introduces statutory regional planning in the form of Regional Spatial Strategies. 2008 Prosperous Places: Taking forward the Review of Sub-National Economic Development and Regeneration introduced the new Regional Strategy, which would combine the objectives of the Regional Spatial Strategy and Regional Economic Strategy introduced by the 2004 Act. The Planning Act 2008 introduced a new planning system for nationally significant infrastructure projects (NSIPs).
Today: Localism Bill
Planning – the last 100 years
Out with the old…
Regional planning Top down targets Binding Inspector’s reports RDAs/Government Offices Infrastructure Planning Commission
In with the new
Neighbourhood plans Incentives e.g. New Homes Bonus Community Infrastructure Levy Local Enterprise Partnerships Duty to co-operate
1988 2004 2011
National Planning Policy Guidance notes
Planning Policy
Statements
National Planning Framework
Regional Regional Planning Guidance
Regional Spatial Strategy
County Structure Plans
District Local Plans Local Development Framework
Local Development Framework
Neighbourhood Neighbourhood Plans
Advantages
More responsive More flexible Say what you do want New incentives and financial mechanisms
Disadvantages
More than ‘local’ NIMBY’s charter? Transition/continuity Investor confidence
Some Questions
• Who will benefit and who will loose out? • What are economic implications? • Is this the end of strategic planning?
• What are the implications outside housing?
• Will the incentives achieve results?
• How can we make it work?
Q & A
Thank you