UK Planning Flashcards
What is Planning and Conservation Acts?
Planning Control ‐ Parliament – Regions (formerly Regional Spatial Stratergies, now only London) – Neighbourhood Plans. Scotland & Wales are different. Additional – UDC(Thames Gateway) – Olympic Del Auth – Mayor’s Dev Corps (where there is Mayors).
What is the Planning and Compulsory Act 2004?
planning system faster, fairer and more predictable
– two tier system RSS and LDFs. Regional RSS to be replaced by RPG. LA to encourage sustainable development/appraisals (SA) and apply to LDF. It allows LA to extend permitted developments in the Local Development Orders (LDO) and grants automatic permission.
What is the Local Development Framework?
contains docs – Development Plan Docs (DPD) (Core Strategies,Local Development Schemes (LDS) ), Area Action Plans, Supplementary Docs, Statement of Community Involvement, and more) Influenced by higher level planning as London Plan.
What are Supplementary Planning Guidance/Documents?
Supplementary Planning Guidance/Document are not statutory ie planning brief specific sites, design
guides for residential or commercial use.
Who prepares the DPD?
DPD Framework prep by counties, National Parks and Unitary authorities.
What is SHLAA?
Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessments
Who prepares SHLAA?
LPA and stakeholder’s inc. housebuilders.
In which Act does Statement of Community Involvement (SCI). Sustainable Community Strategies (SLS) include?
Local Gov Act 2000.
What are Unitary Development Plans?
Emerging Planning Guidance on specific subjects. P1: Strategic Policies. P2: Detailed Policies. Based on 10 year period. Structure plan and local plan.
National Parks are protected by what Act?
National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949
Who designates the National Parks?
Natural England
What does AONB stand for?
Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty
Who designates AONB?
Natural England and Countryside Council of Wales (CCW).
What are Green Belts?
Functional is openness, prevent sprawl, prevent merging of towns, preserve historic town character. Permitted agriculture forestry, sports and outdoor use, limited extension to existing buildings. ANY DEVELOPMENT ON GREEN BELT MUST GO TROUGH SofS.
What does SSSI stand for?
Sites of Special Interest (designation Natural England)
