Re: Future BVI 157 a,b,c targets - Public forum - Planning Advisory Service (PAS)

and the link to the document is : http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/statistics/pdf/1417675.pdf Keith

Keith, Thanks for flagging this up and I too would be interested to know. I do recall sometime ago commentary to this effect I believe when new NPI set of Indicators was introduced but cannot point to anything specific. Kelvin

I think there are two things going on that might be relevant. There are existing targets set out as a "Departmental Service Objective" - a target for CLG in other words. They've published an update recently: http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/corporate/pdf/1411147.pdf You want page page 35. It doesn't get much of a write up: simply that there is a national target of 80% for majors inside 13 weeks. I'm not aware of any sanction for local authorities. The second part is a review of the indicator itself. This is being worked on at the moment: http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/planningandbuilding/pdf/1419562.pdf "In our response to the Killian Pretty Review, we accepted the need to revise the current approach to performance targets, to move away from a narrow focus on the time taken to decide an application once submitted, to an approach which measures performance in a more holistic way. In July we published a discussion paper on alternative ways of measuring development management performance. Comments on the discussion paper will feed into further research and a series of pilot studies with local planning authorities which are planned to commence in early 2010. Any revised national indicator set would come into force in April 2011." -- My own take on this is that change is coming. I don't think it will just be another ratchet up on NI157, but something else entirely. The trick (as ever) is to focus on "good planning", customer care and an honest approach. I hope that helps, Richard.