Visual amenity and housing in the countryside—Scottish local planning authority approaches

1997 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 325-330 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Moir ◽  
D. Rice ◽  
A. Watt
Keyword(s):  
Local Planning ◽  
Visual Amenity ◽  
Planning Authority

scholarly journals ‘We need to put what we do in my dad’s language, in pounds, shillings and pence’: Commercialisation and the reshaping of public-sector planning in England

Urban Studies ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 004209802198995
Author(s):  
Jason Slade ◽  
Malcolm Tait ◽  
Andy Inch
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Built Environment ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Professional Identities ◽  
Local Planning ◽  
Planning Practice ◽  
Neoliberal Governance ◽  
Original Contribution ◽  
Disciplinary Matrix ◽  
Planning Authority

This article furthers understanding of how commercial imperatives are reshaping dominant conceptions of planning practice in England, and by extension the production of the built environment more widely. We make an original contribution by tracing the emergence of the logic of commercialisation in England, demonstrating how the impacts of austerity and ‘market-led viability planning’ have entrenched the ‘delivery state’, a powerful disciplinary matrix representing late-neoliberal governance. Through in-depth, ethnographic study of a local planning authority, we argue that commercialisation within the delivery state creates a distinct ‘economy of attention’, reshaping planners’ agency and professional identities, and the substance and scope of their work. The conclusion draws out wider implications of commercialisation for planning in and beyond the delivery state.

ASSESSING THE ASSESSMENTS: BRITISH PLANNING AUTHORITIES AND THE REVIEW OF ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENTS

1999 ◽  
Vol 01 (03) ◽  
pp. 369-388 ◽  
Author(s):  
PHILIPPA KREUSER ◽  
RICHARD HAMMERSLEY
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Positive Contribution ◽  
Local Planning ◽  
Consultation System ◽  
Independent Review ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Fit For Purpose ◽  
British Planning ◽  
Actual Decision ◽  
Planning Authority

For environment assessments to provide a positive contribution to official decision making in planning, the resulting environmental statement (ES) needs to exhibit such qualities as veracity, completeness and understandability; therefore the planning authority should "review" the ES to establish whether this is indeed the case and then move on to utilising the information contained therein. This research surveyed a sample of British local planning authorities to discover how they "assess the assessments" and use the information supplied. The literature suggests that planners use the "statutory consultation" system to achieve many aspects of a review, and therefore, a sample of consultees was asked about their treatment of ESs. From the surveys, it is clear that planners do in fact place great reliance on the consultees to review, verify and summarise at least parts of ESs. However there is some mismatch between the expectations of consultee review on the part of planners against the objectives of the consultees themselves. This then throws into question how useful the information is in the actual decision making processes. The paper goes on to examine the alternatives available for reviews and proposes the development of an independent review body which can ensure that ESs are "fit for purpose".

Applications for Planning Permission 1: Pre-Submission Requirements

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashley Bowes
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Standard Form ◽  
Development Projects ◽  
Local Planning ◽  
Amount Of Information ◽  
Planning Authority

Until fairly recently there was no standard form prescribed for the making of an application for planning permission. Each local planning authority could provide its own form for doing so. This led to a variation in the amount of information required by each authority, and was a concern for large-scale developers, such as volume house builders, where development projects could involve applications being made to many different local planning authorities.

Applications for Planning Permission 2: Procedure on Receipt of Applications by the Local Planning Authority

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashley Bowes
Keyword(s):  
Metropolitan Area ◽  
Local Planning ◽  
Secretary Of State ◽  
Area Section ◽  
Planning Authority

An application for planning permission is made to the authority with responsibility for determining the application. In the case of a non-metropolitan area with a two-tier division of planning responsibility, most applications fall to be determined by the district planning authority for the area in which the land is situated. If the application relates to a county matter, application must be made to the county planning authority for the area. In those areas where the local planning authority is a unitary authority, all applications are made to the unitary authority for the area. Section 1 of the Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013 has also provided applicants with the option of applying to the Secretary of State if a council has been designated as not performing adequately in determining applications.

The Need for Planning Permission 2: Cases of Doubt

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashley Bowes
Keyword(s):  
Local Planning ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Planning Authority

Given the complexities of the definition of development and the difficulties which may arise in deciding whether in any particular case proposed development is permitted development, landowners may be in doubt about whether they need to make an express application for planning permission to the local planning authority before carrying out some activity. In most circumstances there is an opportunity to put the matter beyond doubt.

The Need for Planning Permission 1: General Permitted Development Order; Local Development Orders

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashley Bowes
Keyword(s):  
Local Development ◽  
Local Planning ◽  
Land Planning ◽  
Planning Authority

Section 57(1) of the 1990 Act provides that, subject to the provisions of the section, planning permission is required for the carrying out of any development of land. Planning permission may be granted in three main ways, namely by development order without the need for any application to be made, by a deemed grant of planning permission, or as the result of an express application for planning permission made to the local planning authority.

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