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Jane Everton

Deputy Director

Planning – Development Plans Division

Sustainable Growth and the Plan Led System

8 November 2013

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Growth and Planning

0.7%

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0.4%

GDP Growth Unemployment UK Economy

24,000

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Why do we need sustainable growth?

• Average UK property price increased

by 4.3% to £170,918

• Average age of first time buyers

• 221,000 homes needed a year

Housing

Business Meeting Community Needs

Infrastructure Makes Financial Sense

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What’s the Alternative?

Developer led planning

Limited local control

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What have we done to put a plan led system in place?

– Legislation and Policy

• Localism Act

• NPPF

• Guidance Review

– Simplification and De-regulation

• Red Tape Challenge

• Reduced reporting to Whitehall

– Incentives

• Accepting and engaging in development

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How is the reformed planning system supporting sustainable growth?

Certainty

Speed and Simplification

Transparency

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How is the reformed planning system supporting sustainable growth?

Strategic Planning

Getting Local Plans

in Place

76% published – twice more

than 2010

PINS updates on Plans progress

More direct, regular support

51% adopted

Earlier PINS visits

Supporting cross boundary

issues

Bottom up approach

CERTAINTY

Tools for Growth Certainty for developers Locally led process

Guidance on Duty to

Cooperate

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Local Plans: Publications & Adoptions

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