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EASY: an UrbanBuzz Project

EASY: an UrbanBuzz Project. Allan Brimicombe (UEL), Paul Longley (UCL), Yang Li (UEL), Sue Batty (UCL), Gareth Tindell (TGLP), Chris Horton (TGLP), Chao Li (Terra Cognisa).

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EASY: an UrbanBuzz Project

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  1. EASY: an UrbanBuzz Project Allan Brimicombe (UEL), Paul Longley (UCL), Yang Li (UEL), Sue Batty (UCL), Gareth Tindell (TGLP), Chris Horton (TGLP), Chao Li (Terra Cognisa) Sustainable communities must have the right infrastructure for the population being served. Planning and service delivery needs to take account of local demographic change. Much of the Thames Gateway is experiencing high levels of population churn and uncertainty in demographic composition. Phase 1: Development of a new approach to updating local population figures Phase 2: Exploring the need for a robust evidence base for Social Infrastructure Planning and the Community Infrastructure Levy UrbanBuzzBuilding sustainable communities

  2. WORKSHOP AIMS What evidence do we need for a CIL schedule? CHECKLIST Identify data implications of the operation of CIL: optimal scale for decisions treating risk ensuring fairness stakeholder acceptance…etc Continuing the debate?

  3. Friday, 17 October 2008 The Community Infrastructure Levy & Social Infrastructure Planning Susan Batty University College London

  4. Breaking News Schools programme "behind schedule” Almost two-thirds of the early waves of the Government's flagship school rebuilding programme are behind schedule, official figures reveal. Regen.Net 14 October 2008

  5. Social Infrastructure: the statutory planning context LSP SCI SIF Capacity studies EASY LDF ONS GLA… SCP CIL S106 Central

  6. How agreements became fees case by case Infrastructure plan few developments most developments negotiated fee link to development regional -local Planning Gain Planning Obligation ‘Planning Blackmail’ Affordable Housing S106 S 52 Tariff-based PGS CIL ?

  7. Community Infrastructure Levy • Introduced in the 2007 Planning Bill • Likely to start in Spring 2009 • Local Authorities are given the power to impose this levy on new development in their areas to support local infrastructure delivery • Local Authorities must have comprehensive social infrastructure policies in place before they can impose the levy • Runs alongside S106 agreements

  8. Planning Obligations currently include Affordable Housing op

  9. CIL is intended to provide efficiency and speed in infrastructure delivery - and equal treatment for all developers BUT…. S106 is working:-2005-6 Councils raised £4billion for affordable housing and infrastructure costs 57% rise from 2003-4 (Tony Crook Sheffield University: Planning 8th August 2008) The burden is unbalanced:-93% of the burden of costs is imposed on 7% of developments…but CIL is not mandatory.

  10. Can CIL fairly reflect the spatial balance of costs and benefits? Can CIL be fairer than Planning Obligations? Can it be robust enough as density and diversity increase? Can CIL work in an era of market risk and uncertainty? Will policy risk inevitably be spread over larger areas so losing fine scale responsiveness? Can CIL be understood and accepted by the local community? What are the implications for local political acceptance?

  11. Can CIL be fairer thanPlanning Obligations? Can it be robust enough as density and diversity increase? Targeting the most needy often means fine-scale decisions.

  12. Can CIL work in an era of market risk and uncertainty? Will policy risk inevitably be spread over larger areas so losing fine scale detail? “…planning bodies need to develop robust evidence-bases to underpin their decisions, and … adopt a flexible and responsive approachwhich provides sufficient employment land and makes better use of market information to inform their plans and decision-making…’ PPS4 Draft Guidance (Planning for Sustainable Economic Development)

  13. BUT… CIL may operate even where there is no increase in land value CIL will operate in addition to negotiated agreements

  14. Statement of Community Involvement (SCI) • Statutory requirement since Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act (2004) • Statement of local authority’s proposals for involving the community Local Strategic Partnerships (LSP) Can CIL be understood and accepted by the local community? What are the implications for local political acceptance? • The partnership has a major role in setting out the local development framework • Brings together local agencies – health, local education, police, social services etc and including voluntary and residential stakeholders, to provide an overall view of and proposals for services in the local area

  15. Housing etc With thanks to Chris Horton of TGLP/ Tower Hamlets. All views expressed however remain the responsibility of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Chris Horton,TGLP or Tower Hamlets.

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