Work towards responsive legislation and policies

The RTPI will undertake a review of planning-related legislative and policy obstacles to achieving sustainable development that responds to climate change at the UK and nations government levels. UK Governments have changed policy and practice to enable better responses to climate change in order to reduce carbon emissions by 80% by 2050. However, there is much still to do.

The RTPI will work with other professional disciplines, development sector and environmental interest groups to undertake an integrated review and identify where further reform is required. We will feed the results of this research back to Governments with specific proposals for further change. We seek Governments’ commitments to consider and implement the policy and practice recommendations that we will make. 

Action plan summary

Phase 1: Project scoping

• Form project management group
• Literature/source review of existing materials/target legislation and policy

Phase 2: Identify key issues - frame brief and research questions

• Develop research brief
• Examine delivery options/costs
• Identify key research targets/perspectives: blockages as perceived by whom and questions of significance/prioritisation

Phase 3: Project development / liaison with partners

• Develop funding relationships
• Develop knowledge relationships

Phase 4: Project inception

• Establish and populate project steering group
• Finalise brief
• Appoint delivery body/partnership

Phase 5: Project delivery

• Delivery body in partnership with project steering group
• Formulate action assessment criteria with reference to project partners
• Identify legislative blockages
• Identify policy blockages
• Formulate and test options for change against criteria
• Produce draft recommendations for change

Phase 6: Road testing

• Present draft recommendations for change to governments – seek views
• Canvass draft recommendations for change with members focus groups – seek views
• Refine and finalise recommendations with project steering group

Phase 7: Launch/publication/dissemination/campaign

• 2010 Planning Convention

Phase 8: Monitor/review

Outcomes

Research report containing

1. Target list of proposals for planning legislative change by UK nation with reasoned justification.

2. Target list of proposals for planning policy change by UK nation with reasoned justification.

3. Criteria-based monitoring framework for the climate proofing of UK planning policy and legislation. 

Interested?

This page will be updated as the project develops. There are a number of opportunities to become involved with the RTPI in designing and delivering this project. For more information please click here to email the RTPI policy team. 

• Click here to return to the seven commitments home page. 

Author:

Rebecca Coates

Publisher:

The Royal Town Planning Institute

Date:

17-Jun-09

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