Transcript National Planning Forum 15 December 2009

National Planning Forum
15 December 2009
Steve Quartermain: Chief Planner
December 2009
Planning Report
 Climate Change and Renewable Energy
Strategy;
 Community Infrastructure Levy;
 Eco-Towns;
 IPC Implementation;
 Killian Pretty Implementation;
 LDEDC Act;
 LDFs
Climate Change and
Renewable Energy Strategy
Combating climate change:
Mitigation and Adaptation measures
 Renewable Energy Strategy
(RES) and Low Carbon Transition
Plan
 Legislation:
- Planning Act 2008;
- Climate Change Act 2008;
- Guidance: PPS1 Supplement on
Climate Change and PPS22 on
Renewable Energy
Community Infrastructure Levy
 Rationale/purpose of CIL
 What will change?
Eco-Towns
 Background
 Actions to date
 PPS-Eco-Towns
IPC Implementation Programme
 Purpose of IPC
 Actions to date
 NPSs (12 in total) – 7 published:
Ports NPS; Overarching NPS for Energy (EN-1); Fossil Fuel Electricity
Generating Infrastructure (EN-2); Renewable Energy Infrastructure (EN3); Gas Supply Infrastructure and Gas and Oil Pipelines (EN-4);
Electricity Networks Infrastructure (EN-5);
Nuclear Power Generation (EN-6).
5 yet to be published):
National Networks (i.e. strategic roads and railways, including strategic
rail freight interchanges); Waste Water (e.g. sewage treatment
infrastructure); Hazardous Waste (e.g high temperature incineration);
Water Supply (e.g. reservoirs); Airports
 Letter to Chief Planning Officers
Killian Pretty Implementation
Summer Package - July 2009:
 Non Domestic Permitted Development;
 Streamlining Information;
 Publicity for Planning Application; Performance
Framework - Discussion Paper.
October 2009 - Flexibility on Implementation of Permission
December 2009:
 Development Management;
 Statutory + Non Statutory Consultees;
 Use & Discharge of Planning Conditions
Local Democracy, Economic
Development and Construction
Act
 Enacted (12 November 2009)
 Regional Strategies
 Listening to communities: Consultation on
draft statutory guidance on the duty to
respond to petitions Guidance
- Commenced: 2 December 2009;
- Ends: 24 February 2010.
Local Development Frameworks
 Need
for LDFs
 Current Situation
LOOKING TO THE FUTURE
 Chief Planner’s Newsletter
 Election – no later than June 2009
Planning at the forefront