Development Management & Enforcement

20-Apr-12

We promote an effective and efficient development management and enforcement function that will ensure high quality, sustainable development.

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Latest news

RTPI Map for England: Despite the generally recognised and accepted need to ensure a joined up approach to planning infrastructure and services, there is remarkably still no single place or data source within government that makes all of these maps available to view.
NPPF: The NPPF has now been published. The RTPI’s response is available here. A brief round-up of other reactions is available here. You may remember that NAPE raised the issue that enforcement was not mention in the draft NPPF. Now the final NPPF has been published with a small section on enforcement describing it as “a means of maintaining public confidence in the planning system”.
Streamlining the Scottish Planning System: The Scottish Planning Minister has set out “plans to improve efficiency and streamline the planning system, including linking increases in fees to improved performance by planning”.

Policy changes and consultations

Visit the RTPI policy pages for information on the consultations we are responding to.

Practice

Tree Preservation Orders: Read the government response to the consultation.
High Streets: Read the government's response to the Mary Portas Review
Community Infrastructure Levy
Design Exemplar Webpage: A new web resource provided by the Scottish Government
Cornwall Solar Example: The PAS look at how Cornwall council have addressed solar development through their development management system
Signposting to more practice advice.

Networks

The RTPI Development Management Network provides an environment in which those with an interest in the field can communicate, gain support and share information. Join the Network.

National Association for Planning Enforcement (NAPE) promotes and enhance the role of planning enforcement within the planning profession. Join NAPE

RTPI Projects and research

Current ESPON projects (see the UK ESPON Contact Point for more information).

ATTREG: Attractiveness of European Regions and Cities for Residents and Visitors: Indicators on attractiveness and competitiveness; maps showing attractiveness of European regions and cities including land prices. Inception report available; Final report due 30 April 2012.
EU-LUPA: European Land Use Patterns: Methods of measuring and monitoring land use processes (data and indicators); land use patterns and performance of European regions. Inception report available; Final report due 5 October 2012.

Our viewpoint

We believe that development management is the tool that enables communities to deliver their agreed vision for their area. True development management is a seamless process that takes an identified project through from inception to completion.

Good planning has always been about enabling the right development in the right place and the right time and, equally importantly, preventing inadequate, poorly located and untimely schemes. Development management requires a clear and simple process that facilitates and coordinates engagement with other consenting regimes.

Once a community’s interests are defined in its local plan, it is essential that decisions are taken that deliver the objectives of the plan in order to ensure that the right development takes place in the right place at the right time. Development management, backed up by planning enforcement, is the mechanism that enables this to happen in a transparent and accountable way. A properly resourced enforcement service is essential to maintain the integrity of the planning process and the community’s expectations of it.

More information/CPD/Events

Development management and enforcement events
RTPI events calendar
Get involved: email the RTPI Development Management Network or the National Association for Planning Enforcement (NAPE)