Policy Statement | Date | Provisions |
|---|
Circular 12/1996 : Planning Agreements | 1996 | See body of main report for description and assessment |
SPP1 : The Planning System | 2002 | Paras 55-56. Repeats provisions of Circular 12/1996 |
SPP3 : Housing | 2003 | Para. 78 : Local plans should include a policy framework indicating how
affordable housing is to be achieved including any role for planning agreements.
Para. 84 : repeats provisions of SSP1/Circular 12/1996
Para. 85 : Development plans should be "clear about the likely scale of developer contributions" ; such provisions should be drawn up in consultation with the relevant parties; cost of provision "should be commensurate with the scale of development proposed"
Regulatory Impact statement (Para. 15) : Commentary on the likely on-costs to the industry of providing affordable housing. |
NPPG 4: Land for Mineral Working | 2001 | Para. 97 : Local plans should identify potential for using legal agreements in
minerals permissions. |
NPPG 5 : Archaeology and Planning | | Para 27: Possible use of legal agreements to back up conditions relating to
recording or salvage excavation. |
NPPG6 : Renewable Energy
Developments | | Para 56: Brief reference to validity of use |
SPP7 : Planning and Flooding | 2004 | No specific mention |
NPPG 8 : Town Centres and Retailing | | No specific mention although legal agreements are frequently used to control
ranges of goods etc. |
NPPG 9 : roadside facilities | | No specific mention |
NPPG 10 : Planning and Waste
Management | | Para 103 and Para 15 of Annex : Brief reference to validity of use |
NPPG11: Sport, physical recreation and
open space | | Para. 100: May be appropriate to use planning agreements to secure the provision
or enhancement of open space and sporting recreational, social, educational or
other community facilities if a major development proposal is to be able to proceed.
Para. 101 : Legal agreements are to be used selectively and with discretion. |
NPPG 12 : Skiing | | No specific mention |
NPPG 13 : Coastal Planning | | No specific mention |
NPPG 14: Natural Heritage | | Paras. 75-78 : Agreements can be specifically used to safeguard important features
and impose obligations relating to aftercare, restoration etc.; also refers to forms of
Agreement under other legislation. |
NPPG 15: Rural Development | | Para. 60 : Agreements can be used to add valuee.g. to safeguard particular
features of the built heritage and landscape.… and by allowing innovative
development to proceed whilst securing benefit for the community as a whole. |
NPPG 16 : Open Cast Coal and Related
Minerals | | Paras. 56 & 57 : Agreements should be considered where the environmental impacts of coal extraction cannot be controlled by conditions alone viz. timing, phasing, programming of works on site, aftercare and restoration. |
NPPG 17 : Transport and Planning | 1999 | Paras. 23 & 77 : LPAs are expected to take a proactive approach to implementing
policies; development plans and Local Transport Strategies should provide a
transparent basis for negotiation with developers. Planning agreement are a key
tool in helping to delver more sustainable solutions. |
SPP17 : Addendum to NPPG 17 | 2003 | No specific mention |
NPPG 18 : Planning and the Historic
Environment | 1999 | No specific mention |
NPPG 19 : Radio Telecommunications | 2001 | No specific mention |
SPP? : Rural Development
(Consultation draft) | 2004 | No specific mention |
Footnote : "No specific mention" should not be taken to apply that the use of legal agreements is inappropriate or unnecessary in the cotext of the policy advice. This term has been applied where there is no specific reference to the term in the document.