Planning Partnership guide to speed up new large scale developments

A new guide to speed up planning partnerships between councils and developers was published by Planning Minister, Iain Wright today.

The new 'step by step guide' sets out a logical process for identifying what should be done, when and by whom to reduce problems and speed up new major developments through the planning system.

The voluntary Planning Performance Agreements (PPAs) between a local planning authority and an applicant provide a project management framework for handling large and complex planning applications.

The new best practice guidance and case studies on Planning Performance Agreements are available at the website of the Advisory Team for Large-scale Applications, www.atlasplanning.com (external link).