At PAS we have come across a number of examples of Council's working together on the production of Development Plan Documents, some of which you have already highlighted. Additionally PAS, in conjunction with the IDeA and the Surrey Planning Officers Association have been piloting a 'collaboration project' whereby all the councils in surrey, including the County, have come together to explore which elements of their services could be procured or delivered jointly. 6 projects are being selected to be developed further and implemented. PAS will be sharing the emerging lessons (in terms of both process and outcomes) from this exercise with the plannign community via the existing page on the website for this topic (under 'how we can help?'). PAS is also interested in hearing from other groupings of Councils' who want to work together to deliver planning services across boundaries.
