European And National Planning Flashcards
Hierarchy by scale?
European
National
Regional
Local
What can policy be seen as?
A statement of intent about how someone or an organisation may act in the future
What is planning policy?
Often spatial
Sets out how a place of area might change and who is responsible for making those changes
What might policy do?
.Specify precisely what someone will do
Identify criteria about how a decision is made
.Set our aspirations for change
Why plan at European level?
Post war European political and economic project
Urban and rural change does not necessarily follow political borders
Environmental issues eg Climate change do not follow borders
Key issues and European level?
Environmental protection
Regional development- to manage population shifts and migration
Transport- connectivity across Europe
Who plans at EU level?
The EU- legislative body
National governments cooperate
Regional and local governments cooperate
Uncertainties following Brexit?
Whether to keep, Revise or abandon EU legislation
Participation in EU funded programmes
Broader economic uncertainty may effect property market
Example of EU legislation?
Environmental assessment regulations
Example of EU funded programme?
European regional development fund
Labour planning agenda
97-2010
House building and affordability (especially in SE)
Providing key infrastructure
Public private partnerships
Regeneration- particularly North industrial cities
Community cohesion and engagement
Urban design and green infrastructure
Coalition agenda
Localism and neighbourhood planning Cutting bureaucracy and reducing state involving Economic growth Housing provision in south east Private investment Cutting regional governance
Tory agenda post 2015?
Focus on housing delivery
encouragement of small house building firms
Focus on local plans to allocate for housing
Focus on freeing up brownfield sites for housing- looser planning regulations
Reiterating protection for green belt
What does national government do to address concerns?
Commissions reviews Publishes green and white papers Makes new laws Sets up new bodies Sets national planning policies
Who makes national planning policy?
Ministers and civil servants
Departments that make national planning policy?
Ministry for housing, communities and local government
Department for transport
department for environment, food and rural affairs
Retail planning in the 1980’s?
Thatcher- laissez fair Emergence of out of town retailers- Meadowhall Regionalisation of retail Hollowing out of old retail cores Decline in local centres
Retain planning- 1990’s
Saw the negative impact of changes
Concerns about increased use of cars - sustainability
Provided support for town centres
PPG 6 emerged in 1993
Retail planning 2000’s
Concern that old PPGs were not responding quick enough to revolutionary changes
PPS6 -2005- sets out an anti out of town agenda
Supported by PPS4
Support for retail provided by wider initiatives such as inner city regeneration
Town centres in the NPPF?
“Recognise town centres at the heart of their communities and pursue policies to support their viability and vitality”
Process for deciding on town centre development?
Site selection- town centre/ edge of centre/ out of centre
Access impact of development
Ensure locations are accessible
When can retail development occur out of centre?
When there are no suitable sites available in or on the edge of town centres
Well connected to town centre
Key issues in retail planning?
What role for bulky goods and retail parks? Eg Ikea
Should we resist large retailers
How to deal with declining town centres
Rise of internet shopping?
