A Henry Stewart Market Briefing
The 2008 Planning Briefing
Chairman
Guy Roots QC
Francis Taylor Building
Speakers
Nick de Lotbiniere
Partner
The London Planning Practice LLP
Marc Dorfman
Chief Planning & Regeneration Officer
London Borough of Redbridge
Robert Fookes
Barrister
Francis Taylor Building
Michael Gallimore
Partner and Head of Planning
Lovells LLP
Jack Goulde FRICS
Director
Jack Goulde Limited
Martin Kelly
Managing Director
Lovejoy
Jeremy Pike
Barrister
Francis Taylor Building
Steven Smith
Principal Environmental Consultant
Scott Wilson
John Walker
Head of Development Planning Services, Planning and City Development
Westminster City Council
Peter Weatherhead
Director
DTZ
Steve Wilson
Director: Planning
White Young Green Planning
Programme
Planning For Residential Units – Enough Of Small Dwellings – The Move From Small To Big
• Planning policy context – help or hindrance?
• Ensuring a 5 year supply – how is this affected by the size of unit?
• Changing economic conditions – how will this affect overall housing delivery and mix?
• Achieving higher densities – compatible with the provision of larger units?
• Getting the mix right – planning for families
Latest Thinking On The Planning Supplement – Preparing For A ‘Roof Tax’ Or ‘Per Dwelling Unit Charge’. What Charge For Commercial Or Mixed Developments?
• What ever happened to the Planning Gain Supplement?
• Community infrastructure levy – what does it mean?
• Tariffs / charges – from Milton Keynes to Medway
• Roof tax and commercial development – how will it work?
• Where next?
Generic Buildings & Multi User Groups – New Opportunities
• Flexible planning consents
• Design considerations
• Reversionary uses
• Sustainability issues
Working With The GLA Tool Kit – How To Take Full Advantage
• Principles of viability
• Benchmarking the amount / type of affordable housing
• Existing and Alternative use values
• Testing S106 obligations
• Other viability methodologies (EATs, Developer Circle)
UK Planning Performance – The Planning White Paper And How The New System Is Working / Will Work – A Planning Authority Perspective
• London Plan Key Principles – what is it aiming to achieve?
• Moving from a Plan to 2016 – to a Plan to 2026 – What is staying the same and what is changing?
• London Mayor Planning powers are changing in April 2008 – what will be different?
• Key Development Interests – how will these changes affect finding development sites and getting planning permission?
The State Of The Game In Planning Obligations Negotiations
• The new Community Infrastructure Levy
• How much will it be?
• How will it be settled?
• The relationship with Section 106 obligations
• The future approach to Section 106 negotiations
Latest Thinking On Developing Deeper – The Local Residents Fight Back. What’s Possible? What Are The Pro And Contra Arguments?
• Grand and not so grand designs: gas storage to eco–houses; basement extensions to underground mansions; Crossrail to utilities
• Does it need permission?
• The hole in policy
• Reasons for promoting: the most sustainable form of development(?)
• Possible grounds for objecting: the relevance of flooding; construction; subsidence; party walls and rights of support
• Discussion: what evidence is there that local residents have successfully fought back?
The Move From Hotel To Residential And Office To Residential
• Employment issues
• Conversion requirements
• Design implications
• Car parking
• Affordable housing
How Sustainability And Reusable Energy Issues Are Impacting Planning Applications And Consents
• Impact of carbon generation on housing densities now and in the future
• Sustainable materials – their use and abuse in the development and planning process
• Can the development industry retain self-regulation on carbon neutrality and should there be a wider National Accord from which Planning Policy is derived?
• Direct impact of wind turbines on residential and mixed use sites
• Reusable heat generation, can it ever truly replace ‘Gas Fired Central Heating’ and how do we incentivise purchasers to make that happen
Planning Reform – The Implications From A Local Government Perspective
• What impact will Planning Reform have on Local Planning Authorities and stakeholders?
• The proposed new permitted development rights – microgeneration, householder and commercial property developer rights – will it deliver savings and will it speed up the development process?
• The Mayor’s new powers over planning applications – the implications for London Authorities and applicants
• Development Management – is this the future for planning?
• Planning Performance Agreements
• What’s missing – what else could be done?
Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) – What Are The Issues, What Are The Problems, Where Are The Major Opportunities, Where Are The Areas Of Conflict – How Will The Issues Be Resolved?
• How to ensure that SEA adds value to the plan-making process
• Emphasising outcomes not just process – seeing the woods for the trees
• Developing reasonable alternatives and using the evidence base
• Integrating different forms of assessment
– environment, sustainability, equalities and health
Lessons From The Latest Case Law And Inspectors’ Decisions
• Residential appeal decisions – emerging trends
• Retail appeal decisions – current thinking
• Housing Appeals:
– Bracknell – housing allowed on employment site
– Enfield – housing allowed in sustainable location despite loss of office floor space
– Bristol – housing allowed despite harm to green belt
• Retail / Commercial Appeals:
– Berwick upon Tweed – a weakening of the need test?
– Rail freight depot, South East London – very special circumstances override green belt designation
Affordable Housing
• Threshold requirement levels
• Which uses require affordable housing provision?
• The capacity test and viability
• Creative strategies and negotiating tactics for developers
Microflats – The Planning Issues
• Definition of micro flats
• Planning standards
• Density issues
• Affordable housing
• Life time homes
Why Planning White Paper?
• Summary of the Planning White Paper and progress to date
• Government consultations on key elements e.g. Community Infrastructure levy and latest research
• UK Planning performances 1997-2007 – how have the planners done so far?
• What seems to be in store for 2008-2009?
Planning And The Public Realm – Exploring The Pressures On Public Space
• Public space requirements particularly in higher density developments
• Climate change action plans and adaptation strategies
• Adding value
The Creative ‘Outside of the Box’ Session
• Developing underground
- Hotels
- Commercial
• Developing underwater
• The unplanned opportunities offered by the growth of convergence and multi-user
Panel Session: The Olympic Spillover – What difference may it make?
Four Planners discuss the possibilities