Post on 29-Mar-2015
Delivering New Development Plans
Rosie LevenPrincipal Planner0131 244 1538rosie.leven@scotland.gsi.gov.uk
PAD’s role in Development Planning
• Setting the legislative framework
• Providing advice and support on operation
• Providing comments on drafts, MIRs and PPs
• Promoting the sharing of good practice
Development Planning
• What are development plans for?
• What type of plans do we want?
• What’s the new process?
• What’s the progress with the new
plans?
What are DPs for?
To provide a vision To show where development should and should not go
To coordinate development and infrastructure
To guide decisions on planning applications
The new plans
A significant shift in process and product
• Quick to prepare, regularly reviewed
• Early engagement• Well project managed• Focussed on delivery
• Short, map-based plans
• Visionary and spatial• Concentrate on big
ideas/issues• Strong evidence base
Aim is for good but not necessarily perfect plans
The new DP landscape
The Development Plan
Strategic Development Plans
Local Development Plans
Supplementary Guidance
Non-statutory guidance
Action programmes
Monitoring Statements
Development Plan Schemes (inc. Participation Statements)
What’s the process?
Old System
Issues Paper
Draft Plan
Final Plan
Pre- Inq
Mods
Inquiry Mods Adopt
Character of Engagement
Involve Consult/ Negotiate Justify Consult/ Negotiate
New System
Main Issues Report
Proposed Plan
Examination
Adopt with
Mods
Character of Engagement
Involve Consult/ Negotiate
Inform Justify
What’s the process?
Old System
Issues Paper
Draft Plan
Final Plan
Pre- Inq
Mods
Inquiry Mods Adopt
Character of Engagement
Involve Consult/ Negotiate Justify Consult/ Negotiate
New System
Main Issues Report
Proposed Plan
Examination
Adopt with
Mods
Character of Engagement
Involve Consult/ Negotiate
Inform Justify
New examination process
• Evidence submitted up-front
• No right to be heard orally
• Reporter determines form
• Based on issues, not individual
representations
• Limited scope to depart Reporter(s) recommendations
Inquiry sessions
Hearings
Written submissions
Proportionate evidence base
• Monitoring Statement• Environmental Report• Housing Needs and Demand
Assessment• Housing Land Audit• Transport Assessment• Urban Capacity Study• Retail capacity Study• Landscape Character Assessment• Flood Risk Assessment• Accessibility Analysis
Environmental Assessment
• SEA/HRA are part of the process
• Inform plan content• Focus on significant effects• Centre on early, effective
engagement around Main Issues Report
Key Agencies
SNHSEPA
Scottish Water
Scottish Enterprise
Regional Transport Partner-
ships
Crofters Commission
Health Boards
Historic Scotland
Transport Scotland
Highlands & Islands Enterpris
e
Plans that make a difference…
Legislation provides a framework
Individual leaders make it happen Planning Authorities But also - Agencies
- Development industry - Communities
- Environmental bodies
Shape a vision – provide clarity
Find solutions - deliver the plan
Gather evidence – set out the reasons
How to articulate the vision – to communicate what you want to do and why?
Attitude, culture, communication
What in the Plan? What in the AP?
How? Who? When?
What? Where?
APs should stimulate action not just record progress
Project Management
• 5-yearly review
• LDPs within 2 years of SDP approval
Main Issues Report – Proposed Plan
• 9 Months
Proposed Plan - Examination
• 9 Months
Examination and approval/adoption
• 9 Months
Insert maps of DP Progress
Lessons from initial plans
Rigorous project managementNew approach to productSpatial & visionary - not thematicDetail on site specificsClear on alternativesGood use of maps/graphicsProportionate evidence base
Generic visionToo much/too little detailToo many ‘main’ issuesGaps in evidence baseRush to publish MIRCompendiums of policyUnrealistic on delivery
Next steps
Planning Reform – Next Steps• Examinations consultation • Review of SDPs • Identify and share best practice• LDP charrettes• Gateway Review
Delivering New Development Plans
Questions?Suggestions?Good examples?