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Evidence Based Planning: Councillors & Decision Making- the Role of the Evidence Base. Deirdre Scully, BA, MRUP, MA, MIPI Senior Planner, Dublin City Council. Legislative Framework. 2010 Planning Act- framing clear linkages and integration between national-regional-county-local.
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Evidence Based Planning: Councillors & Decision Making- the Role of the Evidence Base Deirdre Scully, BA, MRUP, MA, MIPI Senior Planner, Dublin City Council
Legislative Framework • 2010 Planning Act- framing clear linkages and integration between national-regional-county-local. • Changing content of Development Plan longer, new guidance to incorporate, greater number of issues addressed, clearer identification of policies and objectives • Increasing new Directives impacting on planning process SEA, AA, Flooding, Water Framework, Groundwater..
Role of Development Plan • Deliver Core Strategy (focussed on housing provision) • Set out Retail Strategy • Identify key infrastructure investments needed (linkage to Water Services Investment Programme) • Economic Strategy (from regional policy) • Transport policy in keeping with NTA • Alongside rural housing, environmental targets, landscape assessment, schools & health policies The Development Plan coalescences a range of issues impacting on communities and the environment and looks to give spatial expression to these at a local county level.
Swords, Fingal County Council Islandbridge, Dublin City Council
Where’s the Evidence? • NSS & RPGs- new in Irish planning plan cycle; creating a nationally adopted coordinated approach to planning for new populations • National Development Plan, NTA/T21 & WSIPs- clarity on where infrastructure is/will be going • Designated areas/places for protection- natura, built heritage, protected landscapes • River Basin Management Plans, water source protection plans • Decisions now made within a framework
Key Inputs into Decision Making EU Directives National Policy Regional Policy Community Councillor Local Business • Flood risk • SEA • AA • Population demand • Economic Requirements • Government Guidance • Proofing- Rural, Disability, Poverty, Language… Are we yet costing decisions on zoning and policies fully from an economic, environmental and social cost ? Are all decisions made fully informed?
Councillors & Decision Making • Challenge of focusing limited growth- in era of emigration- can core strategies bite the bullet • Necessity to look at Cost Benefit Analysis approach to achieve sustainable solutions • Role of SEA in plan decision making- is it failing to achieve its primary goal? • How can executive assist councillors both to deliver an “evidence-based” plan and also recognise community issues?