New research is published outlining use and benefits of Planning Performance Agreements; and new practice note and case studies made available. Over 95 per cent of English local authorities that responded to a national survey support the idea of Planning Performance Agreements. The findings are published today in an evaluation report commissioned by the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) and ATLAS, prepared by Tribal Group.
Planning Performance Agreements are frameworks to help local planning authorities and planning applicants agree how development proposals should be managed through the planning process. The research identified a number of clear advantages of using the Agreements. For example 75 per cent of local authorities who responded, and had experience of using them, thought they provided realistic and predictable timetable for applications; and almost half thought they improved the quality of the outcome on the ground.
Other key advantages highlighted by the research include a more streamlined handling of the application, greater transparency and accountability, and overall better management of the planning application process.
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