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Time to stop doing business as usual?
I'm somewhat surprised to see correspondence here and in other forums, that seem to suggest that some policy units are carrying on as though nothing has or is changing. Whilst I agree that there is a need to continue evidence gathering and that most of what has already been done will remain valid, the consultation process seems the most likely thing to need radically rethinking. If we are to take a face value the need to carry out community based planning and for LPAs to be the enabling vehicle for helping those communities frame their plans, isn't it time for us to to start working on how we might do that faced with diminishing resources? (A figure of £30-80k has been quoted as the possible cost of producing such plans!). If we continue to ignore this change in direction, we are in danger of being caught out and struggling to deliver the required new (old?) format Local Plan. Worse case scenario, according to the Tory Open Source Planning Document, is a totally permissive planning system in any LPA with any such vacuum.
Peter Stockton, modifié il y a 13 années.
Re: Time to stop doing business as usual?
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Roger, the Localism bill hasn't been published yet and when it is it wll have to go through Parliament which will probably take many months. Until it is published I've no idea what it will mean for Planning policy and even whether we'll be able to afford it ! In the meantime we continue to progress the plans we do have resources for, including following our statements of community Involvement. There is bound to be a transition period unless Mr Pickles decides to abolish LDFs and saved local plan policies, as well as RSS.
My personal opinion is that nothing looks easy just now - including the status quo. But, for those authorities that have invested in the existing process it is definitely the right thing to press forwards to the finishing tape*. Unless and until the plan is adopted, it is just wasted effort. How much remained to do might dictate the speed with which I proceeded, I suppose. But it's not going to be anytime real soon; as Peter says, it is not yet a done deal and there is many a slip twixt cup and lip. A plan is better than no plan. Rich * I realise that we're not supposed to see adoption as the end of a process. But you see what I mean?