The Future of Planning – A lawyer’s perspective… Housing, Town Centres and Infrastructure Richard Ford, Partner, Pinsent Masons T: 0121 260 4009 E: [email protected].

The Future of Planning – A lawyer’s perspective…

Housing, Town Centres and Infrastructure

Richard Ford, Partner, Pinsent Masons

T: 0121 260 4009

E: [email protected]

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1. Centralism v Localism: Housing Development

Centralism Localism1 NPPF Local Plans2 NPPG Neighbourhood Plans3 Objective housing needs (e.g.

Hunston Properties , Sedgefield v Liverpool)

Neighbourhood Development Orders

4 Duty to co-operate LEPs5 SoS call-in decisions Assets of Community Value6 NHB Affordable housing v

sustainability7 Affordable housing Local CIL Charging Schedules8 PSR9 Green Belt Release10

Garden Cities

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National CIL Structure

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Allowable Solutions

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Habitats offsetting

1. Centralism v Localism: Housing Development

Long Term Issues:

1. Demographic trends?

1. Centralism v Localism: Housing Development

Princess Anne: 'Build New Homes In Villages'The Princess Royal has entered the political debate on housing warning against giant estates to meet the need for new homes.12:28pm UK, Saturday 22 February 2014

2. Dispersal policy v urban extensions and garden cities?

1. Centralism v Localism: Housing Development

3. Affordable housing v sustainability (zero carbon)?

4. More limited building on floodplains … or “floating homes”?

2. Centralism v Localism: Town Centres

Centralism Localism

1 NPPF Local Plans and flexible policies

2 NPPG Local development orders

3 Office to residential Targeted CPOs

4 Local retention of business rates Parking policies

5 Local development orders Tax Increment Finance (TIF)

6 CPO guidance City Centre Enterprise Zones

2. Centralism v Localism: Town Centres

Long Term Issues:

1.Retail trends:•Destination/experience shops•“Click and collect”•Further banking branch closures•Retail “trading” centres?

2. Leisure trends:• Hotels market reasonable• Sports stadia redevelopments• Horse racing tracks redevelopments

2. Centralism v Localism: Town Centres

Retail Futures 2018 argues that high streets are threatened by the current changes in retail structures and shows that the town centres of 153 UK towns (41% of the total) will experience a rapid decline as a result of changing retail patterns and need to shrink to survive. Retail Futures 2018 recommends that a pump-priming fund of £320 million is required to start redeveloping these problem town centres to turn failing and empty shops into good residential accommodation, create more service/entertainment/leisure outlets, and/or provide offices, doctor's surgeries, classrooms/meeting rooms or other facilities for which there may be a local demand. As a result of this policy perhaps 15,000 - 20,000 new homes could be created over four years.

3. Centralism v Localism: Infrastructure

Centralism Localism

1 EU and parliamentary drivers (e.g. HS2)

Local Plans

2 Planning Act 2008 and NPSs CIL and TIF (application)

3 Government project funding (and road pricing)

4 Private sector including pension funds and international finance

5 CIL and TIF (policy)

3. Centralism v Localism: Infrastructure

Long Term Issues:

1. International and pension fund investment

2. Energy, roads, rail, airports

3. Government programme

4. Strategic CIL for LEPs

5. TIF

6. Road pricing

Roll on the next five years...

• General Election as usual will no doubt set us on some new paths:• Lord Adonis – Labour think tank• DCLG – Government think thank

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Centralism (Red) v Localism (Blue)

Centralism (Red) v Localism (Blue)

The Future of Planning – A lawyer’s perspective…

Housing, Town Centres and Infrastructure

Richard Ford, Partner, Pinsent Masons

T: 0121 260 4009

E: [email protected]