{"id":28644,"date":"2020-12-18T16:05:04","date_gmt":"2020-12-18T16:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=28644"},"modified":"2020-12-18T16:05:04","modified_gmt":"2020-12-18T16:05:04","slug":"ccn-report-argues-for-stronger-collaboration-between-councils-to-fill-the-strategic-planning-void","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=28644","title":{"rendered":"CCN report argues for stronger collaboration between councils to fill the strategic planning void"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Stronger collaboration between councils, health bodies, and business could set out ambitious visions for housing and economic growth in county areas, filling the strategic planning void if the duty to co-operate is axed, a new report commissioned by the County Councils Network (CCN) argues.<\/p>\n

image: CCN website<\/em><\/h6>\n

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\u2026long term visions \u2026 would reinvigorate strategic planning\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n

\u2026[the report recommends] creation of strategic planning advisory bodies\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n

The County Councils Network writes:<\/p>\n

A new report, from Catriona Riddell Associates, comes at a time when government is proposing substantive planning reforms, including the removal of the duty to co-operate, which encourages district councils and county councils \u2013 plus neighbouring authorities \u2013 to work together on Local Plans.<\/p>\n

By removing this, there will be no mechanism to compel or encourage those local authorities to work together on planning and infrastructure in their areas.<\/p>\n

Download the report\u00a0here.<\/a><\/p>\n

It argues that closer collaboration between all leading parties in setting out long-term visions for their areas would reinvigorate strategic planning across the country, moving away from \u2018planning by numbers\u2019 to encompass infrastructure, local economies, and health: crucial as areas start to devise both short-term and long-term recovery efforts in the wake of Coronavirus.<\/p>\n

The County Councils Network (CCN), which commissioned the report, said it had long advocated for a stronger approach to strategic planning in order to achieve better place-making outcomes. It said it would consider the recommendations as part of the network\u2019s response to the Planning for the Future White Paper and will work with its members and stakeholders to explore the merits of these proposals in further detail.<\/p>\n

You can read CCN\u2019s response to the white paper\u2019s consultation\u00a0here.<\/a><\/p>\n

The report, Planning Reforms and the Role of Strategic Planning, recommends:<\/p>\n