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Powering up planning: how the planning system builds community wealth 3 The state of the planning system in England is never far from the news headlines, with discussion usually centring on the extent to which it acts as a regulatory burden and a barrier to economic growth. [...] The second is for the new government and sets out the ways in which it can set the conditions for planning authorities to go further and do better. [...] The task for the new government is to resist the temptation to throw the baby out with the bathwater by changing the planning system in such a way that loses the positive activity it is enabling at the local level. [...] They are wielding the power of the existing planning system to deliver better outcomes for their communities and, in the process, beginning to turn the dial on the relationship between developers, communities and place. [...] Islington benefits from strong messaging from the council’s political leadership – ensuring that portfolio holders and the planning committee are aligned in purpose and that developers receive consistent messages and are in no doubt as to their obligation to comply with the council’s planning policies and to work with the council to deliver long term social value for local residents.
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Table of Contents
- The film below details some of the highlights from the discussion and a learning journey tour of developments in Islington. 3
- 1. Update your local plan with ambition 2. Value and invest in planning 3. Establish strong political leadership 4. Collaborate and co-operate with other local authorities and public 5
- 5. Use Supplementary Planning Documents SPDs to amplify your 5
- 6. Think creatively about ownership 7. Build relationships with partners and be clear about what you expect 5
- End Right to Buy 5
- Despite the origins of the English planning system being rooted in concerns for public health outcomes and the nationalisation of development rights its core principles and purpose have been lost. 8
- The following two sets of recommendations draw upon the insight gained from this research. 24
- 1. Update your local plan with ambition 24
- 2. Value and invest in planning 24
- 3. Establish strong leadership 24
- 4. Collaborate and co-operate 24
- 5. Use Supplementary Planning Documents SPDs 25
- 6. Think creatively about ownership 25
- 7. Build relationships with partners 25
- 1. Ensure planning reform restores power to local authorities 25
- 2. Build a national plan that enables local planning innovation 25
- 3. Make sure new growth policy accounts for planning 26
- 4. Agree housing targets regionally 26
- 5. End Right to Buy 26
