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How to Handle Localism in Plan Making

How to Handle Localism in Plan Making. Mark Sturgess Planning and Development Services Manager West Lindsey District Council. Who Am I?. Planning and Development Services Manager for West Lindsey Corporate Lead for the Localism Agenda – not just planning

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How to Handle Localism in Plan Making

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  1. How to Handle Localism in Plan Making Mark Sturgess Planning and Development Services Manager West Lindsey District Council

  2. Who Am I? • Planning and Development Services Manager for West Lindsey • Corporate Lead for the Localism Agenda – not just planning • Supporting the Neighbourhood Planning front runner (second wave) at Caistor in Lincolnshire • Not got all or any of the answers – want to promote debate

  3. What is Localism? • Not just about planning • About communities investing in their areas – time and money • Developing a shared vision for the area • Framework for managing community assets • Addressing wider community development issues • How does it apply to planning? • Where is the focus in terms of planning? • Neighbourhood Planning – more questions than answers?

  4. Localism in Local Government • Government – transfer of power downwards beyond District councils to communities • Not specifically defined – need to find our own way – hence “vanguard” and “frontrunners” • Local government response – how do we handle services delivered at a more local level – closer to those affected • What is “local control” –relevant to neighbourhood planning

  5. Neighbourhood Planning • Still uncertain • Parliamentary timetable • Amendments still being tabled • Regulations in August • How will area forums work • How are District councillors involved • How is “inclusivity” achieved • How is the capability of a community group assessed • How is the “LA duty to support” not defined in legislation • Legal requirements – SEA/EIA/Habitat regs.. • How do you organise a referendum? • Is the uncertainty part of the Strategy?

  6. What are some of the principal questions? • How do you define the appropriate “neighbourhood” to undertake a Neighbourhood Plan – especially where there are competing proposals from the same or overlapping areas? • How do you get the balance right between “supporting” and “leading”. Are planners pre-programmed to take the lead? • How do you see the “Neighbourhood Plans” in your areas being funded – what are the main options? • How do you see the “duty to support” – Handholding? Signposting? Doing the work for the community? Offering chargeable consultancy support or what? • How do you ensure “inclusivity” in the process?

  7. Workshop

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