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The Local Authority Experience

The Local Authority Experience. Suzanne Parkes Senior Planning Policy Officer. PAS EVENT: THURSDAY 8 th SEPTEMBER 2011 UNDERSTANDING AND RESPONDING TO PLANNING REFORM. Presentation Outline. The Bookham Neighbourhood Development Plan (NDP) Challenges Encountered / Ahead

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The Local Authority Experience

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  1. The Local Authority Experience Suzanne Parkes Senior Planning Policy Officer PAS EVENT: THURSDAY 8th SEPTEMBER 2011 UNDERSTANDING AND RESPONDING TO PLANNING REFORM

  2. Presentation Outline • The Bookham Neighbourhood Development Plan (NDP) • Challenges Encountered / Ahead • Key Learning Points • Useful Advice & Guidance • Final Thoughts • Questions (and hopefully answers)!

  3. The Bookham NDP • 1 of 33 ‘second-wavers’ - Neighbourhood Planning Vanguards / • Front-Runners • ‘Mini-Land Allocations’ DPD • Bookham Vision Project • The Bid – commitment & communication • First tasks: • Establishing a Neighbourhood Forum • Raising awareness • Constitution • Confirming the content • Structure of the Group

  4. The Bookham NDP Roles & Responsibilities: • The Council • Advice on procedure / process • Attend group meetings • Provide external sources of • information • Share LDF evidence base • Provide map based information • (GIS) • Sustainability Appraisal & Equality • Impact Assessment • Comment on documentation • Formal recognition – Council • Ensure links with strategic • planning framework • Provide the link with County • Council • Examination & Referendum • SUPPORT & ENCOURAGEMENT!

  5. The Bookham NDP Roles & Responsibilities: • Community: • Raising awareness • Establishing the Forum • Arranging meetings • Drafting a constitution, • timetable, structure • Apply to be a Neighbourhood • Forum • Identifying the issues/options • Evidence gathering • Negotiating with landowners/developers • Consultations • Plan drafting • Spending the £20k

  6. Challenges Encountered Not A NIMBY Charter…. “One of the principal objectives of neighbourhood planning is to increase the rate of growth of housing and economic development in England” (Neighbourhood Planning Impact Assessment, CLG 2011)

  7. Challenges Encountered • How the NDP fits with the Mole Valley Local Development Framework? • Can a Neighbourhood Forum / Neighbourhood Development Plan amend a Green Belt boundary? • Are there really any ‘Front-Runners’? • Desire for going beyond land use/spatial planning.

  8. Challenges Encountered • Deliverability – community ‘wish lists’. • Pressure of being in the limelight and focus of attention. • Achieving consensus. • Resources (financial & officer time): • referendum • examination • increasing interest from other • communities.

  9. Key Learning Points

  10. Key Learning Points • Outcome focussed • Locally driven – determination & commitment • Creative • Inclusive • Open to a challenge & change • Be Supportive (District & County - Officers & Members) It is a: Neighbourhood DEVELOPMENT Plan!!!

  11. Guidance & Advice • Planning Advisory Service: • Neighbourhood Planning on a Map • FAQ • Five action points for Neighbourhood Planning • A Guide for Ward Councillors • Links to other Sources of Info. • Front-Runner Workshops • Communities of Practice http://www.pas.gov.uk/pas/core/page.do?pageId=1089058

  12. Guidance & Advice • Design Council / CABE • Commission for Architecture & the Built Environment • Toolkits • Case Studies • Research • Discussion • http://www.designcouncil.org.uk/our-work/CABE/Localism-and-planning/Neighbourhood-planning-toolkits-and-guidance/ • Community Blueprint – • Winchester City Council • Parish Profiles • FAQ • How to Run an Event • Meet the Characters http://www.community-blueprint.co.uk/

  13. Guidance & Advice • Planning Officers Society: • Advice Note - Getting started with Neighbourhood Planning (March 2011) • http://www.planningofficers.org.uk/POS-Library/POS-Publications/ • Town & County Planning Association: • Your Place, Your Plan (March 2011) • http://www.tcpa.org.uk/data/files/your_place_your_plan.pdf • Levett-Therivel (Sustainability Consultants) • Draft 'DIY SA': SUSTAINABILITY APPRAISAL (also known as strategic environmental assessment) OF NEIGHBOURHOOD PLANS (April 2011) • http://www.levett-therivel.co.uk/DIYSA.pdf

  14. Final Thoughts…

  15. Future Questions • Suzanne Parkes • Senior Planning Policy Officer • Mole Valley District Council • Email – suzanne.parkes@molevalley.gov.uk • Telephone – 01306 879144 • Website – www.molevalley.gov.uk/ldf • Planning Policy Team • Email – LDF@molevalley.gov.uk

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