Andrew Pritchard - the East Midlands Experience (Duty to Cooperate)
1. Duty to Co-operate
…the East Midlands
Experience
Andrew Pritchard
Director of Policy &
Infrastructure
2. Introduction
Policy 17 of the East Midlands Regional
Plan (Deceased)
Legal Framework for Joint Planning
North Northants Joint Core Strategy
Central Lincolnshire Joint Core Strategy
Greater Nottingham Aligned Core Strategy
Joint Planning: pros and cons
3. The East Midlands
41 Local Planning Authorities
11 Housing Market Areas
Principle Urban Areas under-bounded
Influence of surrounding conurbations
High pressure for housing and economic
growth
Two-tier till we die…
4. Policy 17 of EM Regional Plan
(Deceased)
Local Authorities, developers and relevant
public bodies should work across
administrative boundaries in all of the
Regions HMAs…joint development plans
will be expected, with joint core strategies
across HMAs particularly encouraged…
5. Legal Framework for Joint
Planning
Part 2 of the PCPA 2004
LPAs pooling sovereignty for plan-making
into a new body
Will include the County Council in two-tier
areas as well as LPAs
Requires an Order made by the Secretary
of State to establish - and a similar order
to revoke.
6. North Northants JCS
Corby, Kettering, Wellingborough, East
Northants and NCC
Adopted in 2008 (first Core Strategy of
any kind in the EM)
Review held up by Rushton Lakes retail
call-in – but now underway
Has demonstrated substantial cost
savings for LPAs
7. Central Lincolnshire JCS
Lincoln City, West Lindsey, North
Kesteven and LCC
JCS pulled in 2013 because of
deliverability issues (5 year land supply)
Work on a Joint Local Plan now underway
Lack of progress has caused some
frustration from councils…
8. Greater Nottingham
Aligned Core Strategy
Broxtowe, Gedling, Nottingham City,
Erewash (Derbyshire), Rushcliffe and
Ashfield
Common ‘Part 1s’ to each Core Strategy
Joint approach found sound
Rushcliffe and Ashfield tried to brake
ranks - but brought back into line by PINS
9. Joint Planning: Pros
Good way of addressing the Duty to
Cooperate
Provides a statutory mechanism for
planning across a sub-region – particularly
in two-tier areas
Will save money and maximise the use of
scarce staff resources
10. Joint Planning: Cons
May be challenging to establish both
technically and politically
Some Members (and senior officers) may
feel excluded from the plan-making
process
Will not automatically lead to a sound
plan…