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National Planning Policy Framework (England)
Richard BlythRoyal Town Planning Institute
RTPI Northern Ireland Policy UpdateBelfast14 JUNE 2012
NPPF summary
• Policy shortening• Policy changing• Context shifting• Lost opportunities
Policy Shortening
• Language• Enforcement• Guidance
Policy Changing
• Presumption in favour of sustainable development• Brownfield Land
Policy Changing
• Housing supply• Garden cities• Town Centres• Managing the change
Context shifting
Lost opportunities
• Statutory NPPF• Real positive planning• National spatial planning
• Individual government departments have over 100 maps relating to policies and programmes
• 100 maps are in 95 different places• Topics covered are:
• Economic growth• Transport • Communications• Housing • Environment
• One third are explicit maps: one third are not
Find out more at www.mapforengland.co.uk
Research findings
• For the public: • Hard to tell how a government policy affects your
area
• For policy makers:• Hard to tell what the cumulative impact of
government policies is on an area
• For business:• Hard to tell how government policies will affect your
business
Why does this matter?
• A website portal where there are layers for each of the key policies and programmes
• Our researchers have mocked this up for a few examples
• But fixed format and not interactive
• Could we take this further?
What do we suggest?
Example Map :Household Growth and Flood Risk
Example Map:Household Growth and Housing Affordability
• Helps to boost growth
• More transparent
• Saves time and money
• Helps coordinate infrastructure across national borders
Some benefits
Some questions
• Should government bring these and other maps together in one place?
• What mapping information should be included and how would it benefit your organisation?
• What key policy areas should be covered and how should the information be published?
• Have we missed anything?
Send your comments to [email protected]
Join the debate @RTPIPlanners or #map4england
NPPF Outstanding Issues
• Resources• Good plans in good time• Strategic Planning• Will it work ?