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Student Housing Planning: A Guide to Obtaining Permissions

This article provides a comprehensive guide to navigating the planning process for student housing schemes, including information on local development frameworks, restrictions, community assets, sustainability, and more.

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Student Housing Planning: A Guide to Obtaining Permissions

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  1. Getting planning permission for student housing schemesSimon Bevan – Planning and Transport Policy Manager London Student Housing Conference Slide one www.southwark.gov.uk

  2. Plan led system • Local Development Frameworks being prepared • Most boroughs using UDP • Southwark’s UDP newly adopted – policies to be saved beyond 2010

  3. Plan led system • Spatial expression of the community strategy • Specific to the place • Southwark vision: ‘a world class quarter of a world city’

  4. Southwark Plan • Adopted July 2007 • Central activities zone • Strategic cultural area • 2 universities

  5. London Bridge Central London BoroughandBankside Canada Water Bermondsey ElephantandCastle Aylesbury Old Kent Road Peckham Camberwell

  6. Tackling poverty – encouraging wealth creation • Restrictions in certain areas • Preferred Office Locations • Preferred Industrial Locations • Mixed use

  7. Life chances – improving community assets • Enhancing community facilities • Planning obligations • Supplementary planning document (SPD) • Toolkit for developers

  8. Clean and green • Sustainability assessment • Flood risk

  9. Housing • Non self-contained housing for identified user groups • Demonstrate need • Protect amenity • Adequate infrastructure

  10. Sustainable transport • Transport assessment • Green travel plan • Cycle parking • Restriction on parking permits • Disabled parking

  11. Planning and Building Control Service • 13 week target for major applications • Pre-application advice – scale of charges

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