NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLANNING FORUM24 March 2014

INTEGRATION OF COMMUNITY PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT PLANNING

Lorna Bowden Business manager (Strategic Planning) North Lanarkshire Council

STRUCTURE

• Good timing

• Plan mechanisms

• All about the Strategy

• Impact of Development policy relationship to services and people

• Back to the future – planning for places

GOOD TIMING

Single Outcome Agreement 2007

• Connecting National Outcomes to local Community Planning Partnerships• Greater flexibility on how funding is spent• Coherent spending allied to strategic themes

North Lanarkshire Local Plan

• From first principles – not an incremental evolution of existing plans• Workshops the local plan as the land use expression of the Community Plan• PRINCIPLES of economic growth,

social integration, and

environmental protection

PLAN MECHANISMS

Appendix 1 of the Local Plan details the plan mechanisms:• Policies• Proposals• Projects that deliver the Community Plan aspirations

ALL ABOUT THE STRATEGY

Aim

Sustainable growth

Area Priorities

Town Centres, Ravenscraig, Urban Expansion

Development Strategy Policies:

1 Amount of development

2 Location of development

3 IMPACT of development

4 Quality of development

and a site-specific policy relating to protecting, promoting or assessing at that location

IMPACT OF DEVELOPMENT = SERVICES & PEOPLE

Matching Services to People

• Jointly plan service provision (e.g. community hubs)• Not for today’s distribution of population but for tomorrow’s

• Demographic change• + development opportunity• = distribution scenarios

• New geographies • Local Area Team workshops• Existing services• Against future population

• Joint service priorities• Impact of Development• Financial crisis• Standard developer contributions

BACK TO THE FUTURE

Fourth iteration of SOA 2013/18• Partners and participants• Agreement on Joint Working on Community Planning and Resourcing• Revisiting matching services to people• Focus on PLACE• Craigneuk, Wishaw

North Lanarkshire Local Development Plan

• Sound strategy, fit for purpose• Focus on PLACE-MAKING• Purpose of place related to use• Sense of place related to form

Delivering on our Priorities

Our Communities

Local Area Partnerships

Lifelong Learning Partnership Group

Health & Wellbeing Partnership Group

RegenerationPartnership

GroupCommunity

Safety Partnership

North Lanarkshire Partnership Board

Developing the Partnership Group North Lanarkshire Children’s

Services Partnership

North Lanarkshire AdultProtection Committee

North Lanarkshire Welfare Reform Working Group

Voluntary Sector

PartnershipGroup

Community Forums

North Lanarkshire ChildProtection Committee

Chief OfficersGroupPublic

Protection

North Lanarkshire YouthCouncil & 6 Youth Fora

Community Learning &

Development Partnership

Violence Against Women Working Group

BACK TO THE FUTURE

Fourth iteration of SOA 2013/18• Partners and participants• Agreement on Joint Working on Community Planning and Resourcing• Revisiting matching services to people• Focus on PLACE• Craigneuk, Wishaw

North Lanarkshire Local Development Plan

• Sound strategy, fit for purpose• Focus on PLACE-MAKING• Purpose of place related to use• Sense of place related to form

NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLANNING FORUM24 March 2014

INTEGRATION OF COMMUNITY PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT PLANNING

Lorna Bowden Business manager (Strategic Planning) North Lanarkshire Council