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Annex D: Stakeholder Engagement

Current Stakeholder engagement Approaches

201 Stakeholder Engagement is organised currently through several channels. This first section of this Annex lists the current programmes and projects which are addressing stakeholder engagement - each one in its own way and for its own purposes.

The E-Planning Programme Board

202 This is a new Board that has been formed to drive the e-Planning Programme. It is possible that this Board could serve as the Stakeholder Focus Panel - this needs to be considered in terms of appropriate accountabilities. Suggested terms of reference and responsibilities are set out in Annex E. Current membership is:

  • Brian Hackland Chair, Programme SRO and Director of Planning, ODPM
  • Mike Ash Deputy Director of Planning, ODPM
  • Richard Goodwin e-Planning Programme Manager
  • Ken Hall Interim Director, Planning Portal
  • Martin Howell Wandsworth Council (for PARSOL)
  • Lee Searles LGA
  • John Culligan Birmingham City Council
  • Graham Saunders Director, Business Improvement, PINS (for PCS and DPRAS)
  • Kenneth Kitson Head, E-Business Strategy Team, ODPM
  • Geoffrey Tierney Manager, Local Government Efficiency and Modernisation Team, ODPM
  • Ken Swan Deputy Head, Finance, ODPM
  • Steve Peters Planning Land Use and Statistics, ODPM
  • John Blundell E-Government Unit, Cabinet Office
  • John Barker IDeA
  • Mark Southgate Head of Planning, Environment Agency
  • Faraz Baber RICS
  • David Rose RTPI
  • Ian Silvera Planning Aid
  • James McCulloch Scottish Executive
  • Jeff Philips Welsh Assembly
  • Joe Beattie DoE Northern Ireland

The Planning Portal

203 The Planning Portal has been engaging stakeholders over the past 3-4 years. The approaches adopted have been sound and best on good practice. The segmentation of stakeholders is shown in the table below, and the ways in which they were addressed in contained in a Marketing and Communications Plan.

Stakeholder Segmentation

Main Contacts

Local Planning Authorities

  • Director of Planning;
  • Head of Development Control;
  • Chief Executive;
  • Head of IT Services; and
  • E-Champions

Planning Professionals

  • Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI);
  • Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA);
  • Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS);
  • Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA); and
  • Planning Officers Association;
  • Law Society;
  • Planning and Environment Bar Association (PEBA); and
  • Readers of appropriate specialist publications.

Planning Inspectorate Staff

No further breakdown

Government Departments

  • Department for Transport (DfT) and Statutory Consultees
  • Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA);
  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport;
  • Government Offices for the Regions (GOs);
  • The National Assembly for Wales;
  • The Environment Agency; and
  • Statutory Consultees (e.g. English Heritage, English Nature, Highways Agency and The Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment-CABE).

Interested Citizens

  • Planning applicants and appellants;
  • Parish Councils;
  • The House Builders Federation;
  • Users of Citizens Advice Bureaux;
  • Customers of the Planning Aid Service; and
  • Pressure groups (e.g. The Ramblers Association and Council for the Protection of Rural England-CPRE)

Central and Local Government Politicians

No further breakdown

Commercial providers of planning related service

No further breakdown

Planning Portal Stakeholder Board

204 The Planning Portal established a Stakeholder Board to represent the above interests that met a number of times as an information and feedback forum. The organisations that were invited included

Stakeholders Board Members

Stakeholders Board Members

CPRE

Land Registry

Planning Agent

Ordnance Survey

PEBA (Barrister)

NLIS

House Builders' Federation

IDEA

Ramblers Assn

Sweet and Maxwell

Researcher

Butterworths

English Heritage

Haymarket

English Nature

Haymarket (2)

Highways Agency

i-Document Systems

Parsol Programme

205 The following is the list of programme board members for PARSOL

Andy Waren - Wandsworth (Chair)

John Barker - IDeA

Jim Worley - Harborough

John Culligan - Birmingham

David Neudegg - Salisbury

Ken Kitson - ODPM

Martin Howell - Wandsworth

Louise Norie - Waverley

Alan Plom - HSE

Richard Goodwin - ODPM

Bill Hall - KPMG

Ken Hall - Planning Portal

Dave Farmer - West Dorset

Stephen Connor - LGA

David Rose - RTPI

Stuart Melvin - Hedra

David Wyatt - London Fire Brigade

Simon Ryan - Prana

Janice Morphet - ODPM (Sponsor)

Tony Teehan - e-Gov Standards Body

Derek Allen - LACORS

Malcolm Kelly - London Fire Brigade

Helen Watson - Warwickshire

 

206 In addition to this programme board structure, there are over 20 projects, each with their own project structure and approach to communications and further stakeholder engagement.

DPRAS Project Stakeholder Engagement

207 The following is the stakeholder engagement approach from DPRAS.

DPRAS Project board membership:

Gideon Amos (TCPA) Public Interest

Greater London Authority Regional Government

Planning Officers Society Professional Planners

Nick Ward (GO London)
Government Offices for the Regions

Graham Saunders (PINS)
Chair of Project Board and SRO

Peter Robottom (PINS) PINS Inspector Group Mgr.

Lesley Punter (NAW) Wales

Richard Goodwin (Planning Portal)

Lisette Simcock (ODPM PICA) ODPM

e-Planning Programme, Planning Portal, PARSOL

Mark Southgate (Environment Agency)
Statutory Consultees

Brian Strowger (OGC) Chair, PAT

Planning Aid Campaign Groups and The Citizen

Steve Ball (PINS) Project Manager

Martyn Moore (PINS) Project Leader

Sue Arnold (Ipswich Borough Council) Local Authorities