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Residents of Newton Poppleford: you must act before 28 April about King Arthur’s Way

Buried in the small print of the fiasco over the lack if an Environmental Impact Assessment for King Alfred’s Way is the following, upon which residents need to act:

… note that a new screening opinion has been
made to determine whether the application should be the
subject of an environmental impact assessment and this
opinion is available at council offices, Knowle and on the
council’s website. If you wish to comment on the revised
screening opinion please ensure that your comments are made
in writing to us by 28th April.”

Note that EDDC does not TELL residents what that opinion is, they must look it up for themselves and there is no mention of WHY the doctor’s surgery is not acceptable for Community Infrastructure Levy: is it too little, too much, too big, too small?

Can anyone smell fish?

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Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors believes some planning authorities are meeting targets for housing whilst “still being ineffective and displaying poor practice”

From their website

1 Apr 2014

We would like RICS members to help us compile a submission to the inquiry into the operation of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), launched by the Communities and Local Government Committee earlier this month.  The inquiry follows research, published 4 April, 2014, that found some local planning authorities may be meeting the government’s planning performance targets despite being ineffective and displaying poor practice.

[The Research referred to above can be found HERE]
While the research suggests that the NPPF has been broadly welcomed, there needs to be a focus on good practice in local planning authorities if its potential is to be realised.  The research suggests that government planning performance targets may be driving perverse behaviour. This is especially worrying as the research also finds that a focus on good practice in local planning authorities is required if the NPPF is to be fully effective.

Clive Betts MP, Chair of the Committee Betts added that a number of local authorities are exemplary according to the performance data but described as ‘horrendous’ by those with first-hand experience of working with them. The committee particularly wants to hear about the impact of the framework on planning for housing, town centres and energy infrastructure.

The NPPF has had a seminal influence on the work of RICS members all three of those areas and more. With members working on both sides of the planning fence and across all sectors, RICS is uniquely placed to offer real insight. Through a submission to the inquiry, this is our opportunity to comment significantly on one of the most influential changes to planning policy in decades.
Jeremy Blackburn, Head of Policy & Parliamentary Affairs at RICS Full details can be found on the on the Committee’s website. This includes a link to the terms of reference, guidelines and to the full research document and a summary document.

RICS members, can of course, reply to the inquiry as individuals. If you do, we would ask that you send a copy of your submission to the RICS Policy team to help inform our response.