National Planning Forum 15 December 2009

National Planning Forum15 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 (EN-3); 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