Planning in London

PLANNING: recent publications and press releases gol (July-SEPT 2004)
This document lists:

1. ODPM/ GOL publications during May September 2004

2. ODPM documents out for consultation May September 2004

3. ODPM documents in the pipeline

1.ODPM/GOL PUBLICATIONS

Cleaner Safer Greener Communities Added: 1 July 2004 - Creating cleaner, safer and greener communities by improving the quality of planning, design, management and maintenance of public spaces and the built environment.

An End to End Review of the Housing Corporation Added: 1 July 2004- A report of the recommendations arising from the end to end review of the Housing Corporation, announced in Parliament on 16 September 2003, concluded in June 2004. Includes an action plan for the key players involved in delivering affordable housing. Three-year review of rent restructuring added 14/7/04 Government Response to the ODPM Select Committee's Report on Decent Homes added 15/7/04 -

House of Commons' ODPM: Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions Committee published its report on Decent Homes on 7 May 2004. This document is the Government Response to the recommendations made within it.

Creating Sustainable Communities, Issue 4, Summer 2004 Added: 19 July 2004 National Statistics Quality Review Added: 26 July 2004

National Statistics Quality Review Added: 26 July 2004 - Update on the National Statistics Quality Assurance Review of the Survey of English Housing. Housing Revenue Account Manual 2004 Added: 30 July 2004 -

The Housing Revenue Account Manual is primarily intended as a practitioner's guide for local housing authorities in England keeping a HRA and claiming HRA subsidy. It is intended as an informative and explanatory commentary and guide to the rules.

Statement of the role of key agencies in the delivery of affordable housing Added: 30 July 2004 - This statement meets the commitment in the End to End Review action plan to clarify the roles of the Regional Housing Boards, the Housing Corporation and ODPM in the delivery of affordable housing.Housing Market Report: July 2004 Added: 30 July 2004

Planning Policy Statement 7: Sustainable Development in Rural Areas Added: 3 August 2004 - This Statement replaces Planning Policy Guidance note (PPG)7. It sets out the Government's planning policies for rural areas, which local authorities should have regard to when preparing local development documents, and when taking planning decisions

The Draft Environmental Assessment of Plans and Programmes Regulations 2004 Added: 4 August 2004 - Report on responses to consultation. Previously-Developed Land that may be available for Development in 2003 Added: 5 August 2004 -

Results from the National Land Use Database of Previously Developed Land (NLUD-PDL) for 2003.Planning Policy Statement 22: Renewable Energy Added: 9 August 2004 - PPS22 replaces Planning Policy Guidance note (PPG) 22. It sets out the Government's planning policies for renewable energy, which planning authorities should have regard to when preparing local development documents and when taking planning decisions.

Summary 022: Survey of English Housing sub-regional results Added: 12 August 2004 Sustainable Communities Research Programme 2004-2005 Added: 12 August 2004 E-Planning Programme Blueprint Added: 13 August 2004 - The e-Planning Blueprint sets out the vision for a world-class e-Planning Service. It has been designed around customer needs and sets out the planning services that will deliver the vision.

A study of the relationship between transport and development in the London-Stansted-Cambridge-Peterborough Growth Area Added: 16 August 2004

Government Response to the Egan Review Skills for Sustainable Communities Added: 20 August 2004 -Overview of the Thames Gateway Added: 23 August 2004 - Summary 023 (08/04): Survey of English Housing Provisional Results: 2003-04 Added: 27 August 2004

Planning for Waste Management Facilities a research study Added: 31 August 2004 - Sets out the research team's views on the planning considerations raised by a broad range of waste management facilities and identifies the information likely to be required by planning authorities in determining planning applications.

Assessment of the Rehabilitation of the Seabed After Marine Aggregate Dredging Added: 31 August 2004 - This executive summary details the main findings of the full report available on the CEFAS Website.

Home Ownership Solutions for Low Demand Areas Added: 2 September 2004 - This report provides housing market renewal pathfinders and other areas faced with low demand with practical advice on home ownership finance . See also Summary No. 3, 2004

Planning Policy Statement 11: Regional Spatial Strategies - 7 September 2004 - This policy statement sets out the procedural policy on the nature of RSSs and focuses on procedural policy on what should happen in preparing revisions to them and explains how this relates to the Act and associated regulations.

Planning Policy Statement 12: Local Development Frameworks - 7 September 2004 - This planning policy statement sets out the Government's policy on the preparation of local development documents which will comprise the local development framework.

Draft Government Circular: Biodiversity and Geological Conservation - 8 September 2004 - Statutory obligations and their impact within the planning system Rough Sleeping Estimates in England June/July 2004 -13 September 2004

Making the Planning System Accessible to Everyone - 14 September 2004 - Good-practice guidance on access to and charging for planning information.

Formulation of Guidance on Access to Planning Information & Charging for Copies - 14 September 2004 Evaluation of Planning Delivery Grant 2003/04 (summary) -14 September 2004Evaluation of Planning Delivery Grant 2003/04 - 14 September 2004 - How the 2003/04 grant was being spent, the planning function response to the grant, the corporate level response to PDG, organisational responses and the outcomes that are expected to derive from the PDG allocation.

2. CONSULTATIONS

Compulsory Purchase Orders: Implementation of Part 8 of the Bill Consultation on draft guidance and regulations arising from Part 8 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 Link Consultation ended 10 August 2004 HRA Supported Capital Expenditure (Revenue) Methodology Added: 18 August 2004 - Consultation letter on the methodology for calculating the HRA element of housing supported capital expenditure (revenue). Link Consultation ends 30 September 2004
Park Homes Statutory Instruments: Implied Terms and Written Statement Link Consultation ends 22 October 2004 Letter to stakeholders with an interest in the consideration of flood risk Link Consultation ends 29 October 2004
Letter to Heads of Planning Service, local authorities in England LinkConsultation ends 29 October 2004
A Draft Practical Guide to the Strategic Environmental Assessment Directive Link Consultation ends 29 October 2004 Housing and Planning in the Regions - 8 September 2004 Consultation ends 30 November 2004. Link
Consultation on PPS9: Biodiversity and Geological Conservation - 8 September 2004 - Consultation ends 9 December 2004 - Link Changes to the System of Planning Fees in England - 16 September 2004. Consultation ends 9 December 2004 - Link

3. PIPELINE PUBLICATIONS

ODPM is concerned to complete early updating and revision of policy in the PPGs where required for good policy reasons. ODPM is also concerned that the process of policy review should not cause undue disruption to the programme for LAs to put in place first round of new LDDs. ODPM will therefore treat as priority the review of the following PPGs:
PPG 1 - General Policy and Principles final publication end 2004
PPG 2 Green Belt consultation draft 2004
PPG 3 Housing consolidated PPG 3 October 2004
PPG 4 Economic Development consultation draft 2005
PPG 6 Town Centres final publication autumn 2004
PPS 9 Biodiversity & Geological Conservation draft publication September PPG 10 Planning & Waste Management consultation draft autumn 2004
PPS 11 Regional Spatial Strategies final publication 6th September 2004
PPS 12 Local Development Frameworks final publication 6th September 2004 PPS 23 Planning & Pollution final publication September 2004 á
PPG 25 Development & Flood Risk consultation draft July /August 2004
Revisions or replacements of the above as PPGs will be completed by early 2005. Review and replacement of other PPGs will only take place as and when necessary in light of their policy and strategic significance.

Other pipeline publications:
MPS 1 Consultation Draft Nov 2004
Transport Assessment Good Practise Guide Autumn 2004
Transport Assessment Good Practice Guide 2 & 3 and research on planning areas of major growth to promote sustainable access Autumn 2004
Best practice on charging and access to planning Late August 2004
Sustainability Appraisal of Regional Spatial Strategies and Local Development Frameworks (Consultation draft) 6th September 2004
Creating Local Development Frameworks (Companion to PPS12) September 2004
LDF Monitoring Guide September 2004
Good Practice Guidance on Reviewing Employment Land Allocations October 2004 Draft Circular on planning obligations (for consultation) Autumn 2004
Diversity Good Practice Guide Autumn 2004
Revised draft circular on Gypsy Sites and Planning Autumn 2004