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Planning in CroydonSouth Croydon Community Association 19 September 2012
Cllr Jason PerryCabinet Member for Planning, Regeneration & Transport
What is Planning?A quasi judicial process, controlled by policy.
The management of change in the environment in the public interest through the functions of:
• Plan making
• Determining planning applications
• Building regulations
• Enforcement
Staff & workload• Spatial Planning - 20 staff
Planning policy, masterplans, public realm, borough characterisation & conservation of historic assets
• Development management – 47 staffNumber of planning applications per annum – 3,200
• Building Control - 20 staffNumber of building regs applications per annum – 2,500
Planning Policy Hierarchy
• National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF)
• The London Plan
• Croydon Local Plan
Croydon Local Plan• Unitary Development Plan 2006 and in part being replaced by
Croydon Local Plan (Core Strategy)
• Planning & Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 introducing a greater spatial emphasis in plan making (the Local Development Framework) to provide strategic overview and policy direction
• Strategic policies - Core Strategy covers employment, housing, education, borough character and other strategic issues and is currently at examination – adoption is anticipated 2013
• Local policies – Joint DPD, SPD’s
Who can make a planning application?
• Land owners and prospective land owners serving notice on owners
• How can you respond?– Publicity by site notices– View the plans online or at Taberner House– Submit representations online or by letter
• How is it dealt with?– Decision by Planning Committee or by planning officers under
delegated powers– Triggers: 12 letters of petition 20 signatures
Does the proposal comply with the
Development Plan?
YES NO
Grant Permission
Refuse only if planning harm
can be demonstrated
Grant only if aclear planning case
can be made for departing from the Development Plan
Refuse Permission
Planning Applications - the key criteria
The 16 Places of CroydonCroydon is a borough made up of a
series of varied and distinctiveneighbourhoods and areas, which we
call the ‘Places’. Byunderstanding and expressing the
character and what makes eachplace special and different, we involve
local people in their area,so enabling us to plan sensitively.
Based on communities not political or administrative boundaries
The Place of South Croydon
South Croydon Character Appraisal
Predominant house type
South Croydon Character Appraisal
Policy designation
South Croydon Character AppraisalTopography & views
South Croydon Character Appraisal
Urban morphology
Specific policy areas affecting South Croydon• Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO’s)
– PP not needed for up to 6 persons (Class C4)• Care homes & care within dwelling houses
– PP not needed for up to 6 including care (Class C3)• Sub-division of single houses
– Min. size 130m2 (policy H7 RUDP)– Min. space standards (policy 3.5 London Plan 2011)
• Residential extensions: SPD2 provides guidance
Enforcement
Powers to investigate alleged breaches of planning • Not complying with approved plans/ planning conditions • Poorly maintained land and buildings (s215)• Unauthorised buildings, uses and advertsPossible actions• Retrospective planning applications• Voluntary cessation of unauthorised developments• Enforcement and other notices• Prosecution for non-compliance with notices
Council Contacts - 0208 726 6000• Rory Macleod – Head of Development Management
ext 65578
• Gina Pink – Trees & Enforcement Manager ext 62956
• Ric Patterson – Head of Building Control ext 65420
• Tim Naylor – Head of Spatial Planning ext 62615
Questions