Current Policy Response Work
07-Aug-08
Governments undertake a wide range of policy development work. The RTPI policy team uses the policy and research priorities and the policy and practice strategy to help to decide which to respond to.
RTPI Members can contribute their expertise to the development of new policy positions to be used in policy responses.
The RTPI policy team are involved in the following current policy consultations.
| Link to Consultation Document | Body and Nation | Internal Closing Date | Contact the Policy Team |
| Towards a Nuclear National Policy Statement This consultation document from BERR is of profound interest, not merely for its highly significant content, but for the window that it provides into the newly emerging practice of National Policy Statement development under the Planning Bill. An RTPI response will need not only to engage with the subject matter of the consultation, but with higher level questions about the adequacy of the consultation process and practices associated with it. This also presents an opportunity for RTPI to present a succinct vision about what a good process might be. |
BERR - UK | 11 October 2008 | Email Policy |
| Transforming places; changing lives: A framework for regeneration This document sets out an ambitious package of proposals that aim to shape the way that regeneration is carried out in future in England. The proposed new approach aims to improve the value-for-money of regeneration investment and contains a renewed focus on ensuring that regeneration tackles the underlying economic challenges to increase social mobility and support people to reach their potential, regardless of where they live. It argues that regeneration in the future needs to be more tightly focused on improving economic outcomes in deprived areas. The RTPI Regeneration Network is forming a task group to respond to this consultation, and will be leading a co-ordinated RTPI response. |
CLG - England | 30 September 2008 | Email Policy |
| Planning Applications: a faster and more responsive system is a review that will examine the progress of planning applications from submission submitted up to and beyond when a decision is made. It is being carried out by Joanna Killian, Chief Executive of Essex County Council and David Pretty, former Group Chief Executive of Barratt Developments PLC. The RTPI is also supporting members' interaction with the Killian-Pretty review through a dedicated web-page which can be accessed from here. |
CLG - England | RTPI Members have submitted '20 proposals' through an internal consultation held in June 2008, before the commencement of the formal call for evidence. Members wanting to contribute to the RTPI's response to the formal call for solutions should do so by 5 August 2008. |
Email Policy |
| The Planning Bill: Click here to access the Bill, Explanatory Report and RTPI briefing papers and actions to date |
UK Parliament Main implications for England, Limited application in Wales, Very limited application in Scotland and Northern Ireland |
None - activities are undertaken according to the Parliamentary timetable. Members can contribute as long as the Bill remains in Parliament. | Email Policy |
| Revised waste exemptions from environmental permitting: The aim of the review is to provide a more risk based and proportionate approach to the regulation of waste recovery and disposal operations, complementing the new environmental permitting regime | DEFRA, Welsh Assembly Government, Environment Agency | 23 September 2008 | Email Policy |
| Draft PPS 6 This consultation on revisions to Planning Policy Statement (PPS) 6 follows the commitment in the Planning White Paper 'Planning for a Sustainable Future' to review the current approach in PPS6 to assessing the impact of proposals outside town centres. Click here to access our dedicated web page |
CLG - England | 3 September 2008 | Email Policy |
| Community Empowerment White PaperThe White Paper contains government proposals about people being active in their community; access to information; having influence; challenge; redress; standing for office; and ownership and control of public assets. |
CLG - England | None formally as there is no formal government consultation period. Views sent to the policy team will be passed on to government. There are opportunities for members to directly respond to CLG via the web link to the right. | Email Policy |
| High Level Marine Objectives The UK Government and Devolved Administrations (other than Scotland) have worked together to set out high level marine objectives which articulate the outcomes they seek for the UK marine area as a whole: PPS 1 for the UK seas. |
UK - DEFRA, Welsh Assembly Government, Northern Ireland Executive |
30 August 2008 | Email Policy |
| Simplified arrangements for production of CO2 emission rate calculations for new buildings: This consultation document contains proposals on how the arrangements for showing compliance might be streamlined through simplification arrangements for production of CO2 emission rate calculations for new buildings under the Building Regulations 2000 | CLG - England | 22 August 2008 | Email Policy |
| Protection of World Heritage Sites CLG seeks seeks views on proposed measures designed to enhance the protection of World Heritage Sites in England. The Government gave a commitment to introduce two of these measures in its white paper Heritage Protection for the 21st Century, published by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) in March 2007. |
CLG - England | 10 August 2008 | Email Policy |
| Eco-Towns - Living a Greener Future . Click here to access the consultation paper on how the government is taking forward the Eco_Towns programme. The RTPI is also supporting member's considerations of the Eco-Town proposals through a dedicated web page which can be accessed from here | CLG - England | Response Submitted | |
| Draft Soil Strategy Click here to access the consultation paper on the Draft Soil Strategy for England |
EFRA - England | Response Submitted | |
| Sub-national review. Click here to access the consultation paper on new arrangements for regional planning in England. The RTPI is also supporting members' consideration of the sub-national review proposals through a dedicated web-page which can be accessed from here. |
BERR/CLG - England | Response Submitted | |
| The Draft Marine Bill: Click here to access the Bill, explanatory report and RTPI responses to Marine consultations and the 2007 Marine White Paper |
UK Parliament Main implications for England and Wales, Some application in Northern Ireland, Limited application in Scotland |
Response Submitted | |
| The Draft Heritage Protection Bill: Click here to access the Bill, explanatory report and RTPI responses to consultations and the 2007 Heritage White Paper | UK Parliament Main implications for England and Wales and in the marine environment |
Response Submitted | |
| Participatory Budgeting: can these new proposals from CLG serve as a useful community planning and implementation tool? | CLG - England | Response Submitted | |
| The Future of Building Control: how could or should the building control and planning systems relate better together? Proposals for the future are set out in this CLG consultation | CLG - England | Response Submitted | |
| Improving Surface Drainage Click here to access the consultation paper "Improving Surface Water Drainage" from the DEFRA website |
DEFRA-England | Response Submitted | |
| Review of "Call-In" Directions Click here to access the Review of "Call-In" Directions consultation paper from the CLG web site |
CLG-England | Response submitted | |
| PPS4 Click here to access the consultation paper for the new PPS4: Planning for Sustainable Economic Development from the CLG web site |
CLG - England | Response submitted | |
| PPS12 Click here to access the draft replacement PPS12 guidance on the preparation of Local Development Frameworks in England |
CLG - England | Response submitted | |
| 2007 Housing Green Paper: Homes for the Future Click here to access the Green Paper from the CLG website. RTPI draft policy position Click here to access and comment on the draft policy position |
CLG - England | Response submitted | |
| 2007 Planning White Paper Consultation Documents Click here to access the White Paper consultation documents from the CLG website and clarification about the application of the white paper to Wales. 2007 Planning White Paper: RTPI Stimulus The RTPI has been and remains active in putting members views and issues to the government: which incorporate our thinking on the Barker 2 Report (Land Use Planning) and the Eddington Report (Transport). †This link takes you a summary of current RTPI policy positions. Members views are valuable to the ongoing work in this area |
CLG - England with implications for other nations around infrastructure policy. †Clarifying guidance on the application of the white paper to Wales is on the RTPI website. Guidance is being sought for Scotland and Northern Ireland |
Response submitted | |
| Gypsy and Traveller Site Design Guidance and Site Management Guidance These consultation papers aim to set out sets out good practice in respect of the design and management of Gypsy and Traveller sites. |
CLG - England | Response submitted | |
| Changes to Permitted Development: Paper 1: Microgeneration This consultation paper outlines the Government's proposals for reforming the system governing what householders can do to their own property without the need to apply for planning permission so as to allow the easier installation of microgeneration technologies. |
CLG - England | Response submitted | |
| Draft Climate Change Bill The UK government proposes to†introduce a long-term framework to achieve its goals of reducing carbon dioxide emissions and ensure steps are taken towards adapting to the impacts of climate change.This consultation provides an†opportunity to contribute opinions at an early stage of policy development around the draft legislation. RTPI will be working on this consultation with the Construction Industry Council (CIC). |
DEFRA - UK wide |
Response submitted | |
| 2007 Marine White Paper This white paper sets out the latest UK government proposals for the marine environment. These include proposals for a new planning system in the marine area; licensing activities in the marine area; marine nature conservation; modernising marine fisheries management; and for a new marine management organisation. †The proposals have UK-wide relevance. The scope and role of the proposed marine planning system and marine management organisation are of great significance for the planning profession. |
DEFRA - UK wide |
Response submitted | |
| 2007 Heritage White Paper† This white paper proposes a more unified and simplified heritage control system for the terrestrial environment in England and Wales. †Key proposals include the unification of listed building and scheduled ancient monument consent, the generation of a new requirement for planning permission for demolition and works in conservation areas and to locally significant buildings, matched by the abolition of conservation area consent. †It also proposes changes to the marine heritage legislation that have implications for UK waters as a whole and hence require to be considered in Scotland and Northern Ireland and to be related to the Marine White Paper. |
Culture Media and Sport - England Welsh Assembly Government Some UK implications in the marine environment |
Response submitted | |
| Changes to Temporary Stop Notices A consultation on changes in respect of residential caravans, announced at the RTPI Gypsy and Traveller Conference, 1 March 2007 |
CLG - England | Response submitted | |
| Planning for Travelling Show-people Further to the success of ODPM Circular 01/2006, proposed new guidance on planning for†Travelling show people |
CLG - England | Response submitted | |
| A Climate Change Annex to PPS1 Government's proposals to improve climate change policy |
CLG - England | Response submitted | |
| Changes to Planning Obligations A Planning-gain Supplement consultation |
CLG - England | Response submitted | |
Members wishing to help form RTPI policy in respect of these consultations can view the papers by following the link and can then send their views to the policy team. Members wishing to comment on the current work programme can†contact policy@rtpi.org.uk.
Where relevant, an internal closing date is provided next to each consultation. This indicates that the consulting body has set a deadline for responses. The internal closing date enables the RTPI policy team to draft a coordinated response in time to meet the response deadline: please try to comment inside the internal consultation period.
RTPI nations and regions, networks and associations have strong roles in policy development. Follow these links to make contact and offer to help. The RTPI policy team is preparing short guides that explain how it works in partnership with nations, regions, networks and associations.
Planning Aid casework can provide valuable policy experience. Follow this link to volunteer. Existing caseworkers can offer help through their regional coordinators. A short guide to policy partnership between Planning Aid and the RTPI policy team will shortly be available here.
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- Author:
- Rynd Smith
- Publisher:
- The Royal Town Planning Institute
- Date:
- 07-Aug-08
- Categories:
- Networks & Associations, Policy, Practice
- Sections:
- What Planning Does
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