DM & Spatial Planning
Development Management and Spatial Planning Project
Since September 2004, local authorities have been concentrating their efforts on producing spatial plans. The first batch of Core Strategies has been adopted and others are on the way, so local authorities should prepare to put their forthcoming spatial plans into practice through Development Management .
A paper prepared by POS Enterprises aimed at giving initial guidance on the emerging practice of Development Management to an audience drawn principally from planning staff and managers in local authorities. Project work with eight local authorities provide practical experience for inclusion in an updated and improved version of the initial guidance and was published in November 2008.
The guidance is set out in four parts, followed by three technical annexes and a summary annex as follows:
- What does Development Management mean?
- What is Development Management based upon?
- How will it operate in practice?
- What are the benefits?
To read the final report 
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See the POSE Briefing Note re the Jan 2010 DCLG consultation documents: Proactive Planning & Improving Engagement 
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