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The Development Management Practice Project is sponsored by the Planning Officers Society and 16 Local Authorities, and is run on their behalf by POS Enterprises and Trevor Roberts Associates. The Local Authorities are Arun, Ashford, Barnsley, Bournemouth, Broadland, Caradon, Chiltern, Hambleton, Hampshire, Lichfield, Portsmouth , Redcar Cleveland, Richmond , Suffolk , Swindon and Wycombe.
The initial project is intended to run for a year from May 2007, and using best practice from the authorities and others, to develop Guidance Notes on Development Management issues, where there is limited published guidance for issues which participants consider important. Finalised guidance will be disseminated through the e-bulletin, POS Development Management Committee and published on the POS web site. The guidance will also be available to the Planning Advisory Service and other bodies.
The guidance now available is as follows:
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public speaking at planning committees
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access the guidance note (30.415Kb) - DOWNLOAD |
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handling pre and post decision application "amendments"
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click here to access the guidance note (42.465Kb) - DOWNLOAD
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involvement of planning committee members in pre application discussions on major applications
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click here to view the guidance note (48.623Kb) - DOWNLOAD |
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handling major applications
The Development Management Practice Project has considered whether to produce a guidance note on handling major planning applications as the 5th in its series of guidance notes. However following discussions on key factors and in view of their inclusion in the recent guidance provided by ATLAS on "Planning for large scale development” (which provides advice on all aspects of handling major planning applications). The Project commends the ATLAS advice and will not be producing duplicate guidance on this subject. The ATLAS guidance is recommended to those seeking advice or considering how to handle major applications. To download the ATLAS guidance click here .
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registration, validation checklists & 1APP:
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click here to view the guidance note (30.704Kb) - DOWNLOAD |
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proactive enforcement:
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click here to access the guidance note (40.652Kb) - DOWNLOAD |
The project is also scheduled to consider guidance on:
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scanning and maintaining digital records,
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sustainability appraisals,
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increased use of Grampian conditions
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negotiating planning obligations
Further details to be loaded as the project develops
 
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 has been 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 during the next twelve months will provide practical experience for inclusion in an updated and improved version of this guidance to be 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 full report click on the icon below
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