Business and enterprise signposts

Title:Making planning work: briefing paper 4 - incentives for growth (pdf)
Publisher: Town and Country Planning Association
Date: September 2010
Resource: Briefing paper
Description: Discusses the challenges facing housebuilding. Makes a number of recommendations and proposes a new model for housing supply together with a series of measures to stimulate growth. Considers the potential of the new localism agenda to increase housing supply. Outlines the possibility of using housing bonds and incentives to help release land for housebuilding. 

Title:Beyond the boundaries: why cross-boundary collaboration matters and what this means for local enterprise partnerships
Publisher: Centre for Cities
Date: September 2010
Resource: Report
Description: Considers how cross-boundary collaboration which makes the most of cities' economic assets could contribute to economic growth for the UK as a whole, particularly within the context of local enterprise partnerships (LEPs). Looks at the rationale and evidence for cross-boundary collaboration; the changing policy context and the starting position of the ten largest LEPs.

Title:Firm intentions: cities, private sector jobs and the coalition
Publisher: Centre for Cities
Date: September 2010
Resource: Report
Description: Advice on how to stimulate private sector jobs growth, rebalance the economy and decentralise power to local communities. Considers how local enterprise partnerships (LEPs) could help create private sector jobs through the main policy levers they will have at their disposal, relating to planning, housing, skills and transport.

Title:Local enterprise partnerships (pdf)
Publisher: RTPI
Date: August 2010
Resource: Briefing note
Description: Update on the current policy position, following the government announcement to create local enterprise partnerships, joint local authoritybusiness bodies to promote local economic development, to replace Regional Development Agencies.

Title:Rural planning facilitation service RTPI Planning Awards 2008 Winner
Publisher: Cumbria Rural Enterprise Agency
Date: Ongoing
Resource: Case study
Description: Service available to farmers looking to diversify and to small rural enterprises throughout, aims to promote and assist farm diversification and rural development by providing a free planning adviser to discuss proposals and help develop ideas likely to be acceptable in planning terms.

Title:Princesshay, Exeter RTPI Planning Awards 2008 Commendation
Publisher: Exeter City Council
Date: 2009
Resource: Case study
Description: A mixed use, open street scheme in the heart of Exeter historic city centre. The quality of the architecture and public realm integrates into the urban fabric, providing enhanced pedestrian routes through a busy part of the retail centre.