Knowledge

Development management and enforcement

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

Latest news

Following the 2012 elections, NAPE now has new Management Committee members for the Midlands and Scotland. Meet the 2013 Management Comittee here.
The government is planning to increase the number of PINS staff devoted to dealing with major infrastructure projects by more than half.
The 2012 NAPE Annual Report is available for viewing by members here.

Policy changes and consultations

Streamlined information requirements for planning applications is due to come into force on 31 January. It will remove the current detailed information requirements relating to layout and scale for outline applications where these matters are reserved.
Changes to planning charges in England came into force on 22 November 2012. It introduces new levels of planning application fees, which have been uprated by 15 per cent in line with inflation since 2008.
Visit the RTPI policy pages for information on all the consultations we are responding to.

Practice

Guidance for Developments Requiring Planning Permission and Environmental Limits gives a better understanding of the Environment Agency's responsibilities in dealing with planning applications where an environmental permit is needed.
Community Infrastructure Levy Guidance has been published by CLG, along with a checklist of questions on approach to CIL from PAS.
Signposting to more practice advice.

Networks

The RTPI Network for Planning Enforcement (NAPE) promotes and enhance the role of planning enforcement within the planning profession.

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 shortly.
EDORA: European Development Opportunities in Rural Areas: Assessment of European rural areas present state of development, their strengths and weaknesses. Final report available via the above link.

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 communitys expectations of it.