Break Coffee/tea and the chance to talk to our officers and view our - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Break

Coffee/tea and the chance to talk to our officers and view our info stands:

• Rooms 3 and 4:
• Affordable Housing
• CIL Helpdesk
• Cornwall Building Control
• Customer Relations
• Empty Homes Team
• Neighbourhood Planning
• Room 5:
• Tea/Coffee
• Cornwall’s Climate Emergency team
• Historic England and Historic Environment teams
• Planning Policy Team

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Development Management update

Hayley Jewels Head of Development Management

October 2019

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Positive Planning

Have you seen our planning film? https://vimeo.com/371354900 A small team of young planners produced this working with a local film maker using external funding. It tells our story.

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Reminder:

www.cornwall.gov.uk/planningagents is your own area on the Cornwall Council website. Recent additions include:

• Fraud alert concerning payment redirection
• Consultation on new Cornwall Design Guide
• Consultation on Health Contributions Guidance Note

…. along with other existing useful information and links which are updated regularly

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How are we doing?

• On average approximately 80% of

appeals are dismissed

• Low numbers of appeals compared to volume of decisions
• 6.9 year supply of housing – local policies remain strong
• Demonstrates that the quality of decision-making is good
• 91% of major applications determined in time and 83% of minor

applications – heavy reliance on extensions of time

• Change to the enforcement function is starting to have a positive

impact with number of ongoing cases showing a steady reduction

• 97% of our applications are delegated decisions; 93% are approved

and 92% are in line with our local communities

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Recent topics from our Development Management teams

• Section 73 applications
• Class Q fall-back
• Front-screening
• Charge for agent accreditation
• Non-material amendments

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The Future?

• New Government, new direction?
• Planning White Paper
• More Permitted Development rights – improve standards
• Focus on design
• Local fee setting – raise quality
• The “A” Team – Help hard-pressed councils
• Reduce conditions
• Town Centre reforms
• More Unitary Councils?

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Planning Policy update

Ellie Inglis-Woolcock Principal Planning Policy Officer

October 2019

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Climate Change DPD

• Scoping stage consultation commences

in March 2020 – comments welcomed

• Includes policy intent and options for

approach to :

• Large scale renewables
• Energy efficiency standards
• Coastal change and flooding areas
• Natural Climate Solutions
• Agriculture and rural development
• Transport
• Town centres and density
• Plan proposed for submission in

February 2021

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Long term vision for Cornwall: 50_50 Strategy

• The 50_50 Strategy was launched in 2019, the aim of the project is to

develop a long term strategy for Cornwall that identifies priority issues and potential responses to these. It has been included in the Council’s Climate Change Action Plan and aims to begin the process towards achieving carbon neutrality with a clear and simple spatial narrative.

• The initial engagement sessions are identifying key themes such as better

public transport, more renewable energy, reduce energy usage, enhance

• ur environment, more opportunity etc.
• We aim to produce a draft Strategy in 2020
• Work continues on the Cornwall 50_50

Strategy by way of a number of engagement sessions exploring a longer term vision and Strategy for Cornwall, in the context of carbon neutrality

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Biodiversity Guide and Net Gain approach

• Requirement for major applications now in force
• Local Validation requirement for completion of the

Net gain metric by ecologists

• Chief Officer Note will be consulted as guidance in

March 2020

• Biodiversity guide– a material planning consideration

updated to include net gain approach

• Climate Change DPD will set further policy for net

gain – consultation starts in April 2020

• Environment Bill to mandate Biodiversity Net Gain in

England – currently at second reading in Parliament

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Coastal Change Chief Officer Planning Advice Note

• The document seeks to ensure that development in

areas subject to coastal change will be sustainable and safe.

• It sets out Cornwall Council’s position regarding

development proposals close to the shoreline.

• It defines the proximity to the coast where a

development needs to take account of potential coastal erosion and coastal change issues.

• It provides guidance on ‘Coastal Vulnerability

Assessments’ that may be required to accompany planning applications.

• Public consultation carried out in June/July last year.
• Responses are being considered and the document

is being amended before it is published this month.

www.cornwall.gov.uk/coastalchange

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European Sites Mitigation Supplementary Planning Document (SPD)

• European Habitats Regulations require

planning authorities to ensure harm from development to European protected wildlife sites is mitigated.

• This is set out in the Local Plan: Strategic

Policies Policy 22: European Protected Sites - mitigation of recreational impacts from development.

• To help developers with this Cornwall Council

has worked with Natural England to provide evidence and costed mitigation for the wildlife sites where recreational use is considered to effect sites.

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European Sites Mitigation SPD

mitigation will be required within the ZOIs.

• Details of this will be set out in the Supplementary Planning Document.
• Consultation later this month (March).
• Agreed with Natural England to commence contributions for the

mitigation alongside the consultation.

• Mitigation is required for the following

European wildlife sites.

• Penhale Sands SAC
• Fal & Helford Estuary SAC
• Plymouth Sound & Tamar Estuaries

complex SAC and SPA

• Zones of Impact (ZOI) of about 12.5km

identified around these sites.

• An Appropriate Assessment and

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Housing Supplementary Planning Document

• Cabinet adopted in February 2020
• Aims to facilitate better quality planning

applications for housing development

• To speed up the determination of applications

and any viability negotiations by providing clear guidance

• Information on various affordable housing

products

• Design of affordable housing
• Local need and cluster parish approach
• Specialist Housing , including extra care housing
• Promotes a positive approach to self and custom

build housing

• Increases the off-site contribution up to £102,000

per dwelling - in line with cost of providing the AH unit on site

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CIL Update

• As at 24 February:

− Relief granted – £6,679,848, 70% of which is Self-Build relief − CIL Collected – £544,391 − CIL Due – £480,748 (this is the amount for which unpaid Demand Notices have been issued)

• Launch first call for funding applications late spring – applications of

£5k-£100k to deliver local infrastructure

• For noting: Consider phasing development involving demolition to

avoid the demolition triggering commencement for CIL. Having demolition as a pre-commencement planning condition, does not prevent it from being considered commencement for CIL purposes.

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Neighbourhood Planning in Cornwall

• Closer joint working between DM

Area Teams and NDP team

• 125 area designations
• 46 NDPs submitted
• 41 examinations held and 3 NDPs

currently at examination

• 38 referendums held with two
• rganised in April.
• 35 made plans
• See the latest position at

www.cornwall.gov.uk/neighbourhoodplanning

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Working together to streamline the Section 106 process

Jane Astbury Cornwall Legal – Planning Team Lead

April 2019

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Legal Planning Team Who are we..?

Our Team:

Jane Astbury Annique Allen Loretta Commons Ben Curnow Nadine Gawler Charlotte Mayou Lyndsey Miller Vanessa Ormerod Michaela Pollard

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• Files opened since April 2019 = 177
• Section 106 matters completed = 60
• Matters outstanding = 120
• Receipt of undertaking to preparation of first draft

(completed matters only) = 97% within 10 working days

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Top Tips for expediting process…

• Develop a relationship with the Planning Case

Officer

• Provide contact details for your Legal Advisor
• Agree clear Heads of Terms
• What is your Agreement likely to look like?

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Financial implications…

• Advise your client to be realistic!
• Be ready/ prepared to provide an Undertaking

upfront

• Costs to be paid upon completion

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Practical points…

• Provide good plans, up front, that will clearly show the

extent of the Land and tally with Land Registry plans

• Look to provide up to date

Land Registry office copies

• For Unregistered Land, prepare

an examined Epitome of Title

• Have sight of the Council’s template. Council to produce

first draft – cost and time saving (unless large bespoke/ appeal matter)

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The Journey…

• Avoid “scattergun” chasing!
• Allow time for any

“surprises” along the way

• Allow time for signing and sealing/completion (including

Case Officer Delegated Report)

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In Summary…

• Be prepared at the start of the process
• Agree Heads of Terms up front
• Allow for some reasonable delays

(such as Banks/other third parties)

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Thank you / Meur ras Question Time

Hayley Jewels Jane Astbury Development Management Group Leaders