Open Consultations

30-Mar-12

This is a list of all the open consultations that the RTPI is currently responding too.

If you wish to contribute to the formulation of RTPI responses to these consultations please e-mail the relevant contact. Please note that an RTPI closing date is given to allow the RTPI sufficient time to co-ordinate a consultation response.

Please notify the RTPI's policy team of any additional open or forthcoming consultations that you feel would be of interest to the RTPI and its members. View completed RTPI consultation responses.

Devolving local major transport schemes - A consultation
This consultation seeks views on a new system for prioritising and funding local major schemes beyond 2014-15.

Consultation on proposed changes to the department's statistics - Land use change statistics, rationalised collection of local authority housing statistics and publication of regional statistics
This consultation seeks views on options for changing the data collection for land use change statistics, proposals for a rationalised collection of housing data from local authorities and ceasing publication of departmental statistics at regional level.

Environment Agency: Draft water resources planning guideline - A consultation
This consultation seeks views on the draft new guidance for water companies to follow when completing their statutory water resources management plans.

Review of the Size of the Northern Ireland Assembly and Number of Government Departments - Stakeholder 'Call for Evidence' Paper

2012 consultation on changes to the Building Regulations in England: Section four - the building control system
This consultation paper sets out the detailed proposals on the Building Control System, and is Section four of four, relating to the 2012 Building Regulations consultation exercise.

Wales Infrastructure Investment Plan
The Welsh Government is seeking views on the approach and specifically what infrastructure investment priorities should be.

Planning for Sustainability - The presumption in favour of sustainable development
The Welsh Government wants views on their proposed changes to national planning policy to strengthen and clarify the presumption in favour of sustainable development.

The planning system is fundamental for delivering sustainable development. Since devolution, they have introduced legislation, national planning policy and guidance and worked with stakeholders to deliver sustainable development. They want views on changes to national planning policy in Planning Policy Wales to strengthen and clarify the presumption in favour of sustainable development.

Implementing the Environmental Noise Directive in Wales
The Welsh Government published environmental noise action plans in January 2009 under the Environmental Noise Directive. They then developed procedures for implementing parts of the Directive, including a procedure for the creation of quiet areas in agglomerations (large urban areas). They consulted on this in February 2011 and published the procedure in May 2011.

 Proposed quiet areas
Quiet areas must be tranquil areas of value to the local community. The proposed quiet areas can be seen in the annexes A, B, C and D available on the WG website.

Once an area is confirmed as an official quiet area, it is protected from increases in noise by the Environmental Noise Directive and planning policy.

City Regions Definition and Criteria
The City Regions Task and Finish group was set up by the Minister for Business, Enterprise, Technology and Science. A call for evidence is now underway and the Welsh Government would like to hear views about the findings on the definition and criteria of City regions of the City regions task and finish group outlined in the document.

Sustaining a Living Wales
A Green Paper on a new approach to natural resource management in Wales.

 
Author:
Policy & Practice Team
Publisher:
The Royal Town Planning Institute
Date:
30-Mar-12
Categories:
Networks & Associations, Policy 
Sections:
News & Media , What Planning Does

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