{"id":28168,"date":"2020-11-04T17:49:16","date_gmt":"2020-11-04T17:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=28168"},"modified":"2020-11-04T17:49:16","modified_gmt":"2020-11-04T17:49:16","slug":"englands-new-chief-planner-joanna-averley-says-keep-up-the-planning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=28168","title":{"rendered":"England\u2019s new Chief Planner Joanna Averley says: \u2018Keep up the planning\u2026\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AerialJoanna Averley, England\u2019s new Chief Planner, has written to local authorities strongly encouraging them to \u2018continue in the preparation and adoption of local plans – (including neighbourhood plans – as policy development and legislation evolve in response to the national planning reforms.<\/h3>\n

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\u2026 please don\u2019t let uncertainty stop you from progressing your work\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n

\u2026we would strongly encourage local authorities to continue in the preparation and adoption of local plans\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n

Joanna Averley writes in the Planning Newsletter<\/em>:<\/p>\n

\u2026One of the key messages I would like to convey is please don\u2019t let uncertainty stop you from progressing your work, particularly in respect to the preparation of your plans for your area or your projects. It\u2019s important that we try not to lose momentum and that we have strong plans which can facilitate our recovery from the impacts of the pandemic; and importantly that address our communities housing needs and the economic challenges that lie ahead\u2026.<\/p>\n

We have been receiving anecdotal feedback that some local authorities may be considering pausing or slowing down the preparation of their local plan, in part due to the uncertainty of when the proposals outlined in \u2018Planning for the Future\u2019 come into force. We would strongly encourage local authorities to continue in the preparation and adoption of local plans. There will be a period of policy development after the receipt of the responses to the White Paper. This will in turn be followed by the preparation and progress of any legislation required to implement the planning reforms. This will take some time and it\u2019s therefore important that local areas have a plan in place. As part of the detailed design of the reforms a suitable transition period from approved to new local plans will be implemented.<\/p>\n

We also continue to want to see neighbourhood plans being progressed and supported by local authorities through the system, to give more communities a greater role in shaping the development and growth of their local areas.<\/p>\n

Download the Planning Newsletter<\/em> (No. 3 of 2020)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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