11 December 2006
Planning Aplications
The following minutes have been produced by Sustainable Youlgraves chairman and planning officer, John Youatt john@youatt.co.uk regarding the planning aplications meeting that took place on Monday 6th November.
Note of meeting addressed by Hugh Ellis, national planning officer for FoE. Planning applications for RENEWABLE ENERGY (RE) http://www.foe.co.uk/
Hugh took us through the many layers of policy relevant to planning applications for renewable energy installations, e.g.
wind turbines; solar panels; pv tiles; methane tanks; water turbines/wheels
He said that there are paragraphs or policies that support renewable energy at most levels except some local authorities that are out of date. If they are out of date, higher level policies will be given weight. The levels are
National sustainability policy; planning policy statement (PPS) 1 – general policies; PPS 22 renewable energy; the forthcoming update to PPS 1, specifically on climate change and renewables; regional spatial strategy; local plans/local development frameworks and SPGs (supplementary guidance.) See TCPA/FoE discussion document.
ANY RE PLANNING APPLICATION SHOULD REFER TO ALL HELPFUL POLICIES.
FoE has published a draft PPS 26 on climate change together with 20 other green organisations, including the Council for National Parks (CNP) and the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) (and its local branch, the Friends of the Peak District FPD is in tune with it.)
All LPAs and NPAs (local planning authorities) must give weight to the update of PPS 1 when it becomes Govt policy, even if their own plans have not “caught up”.
There is also a Climate Change Bill that might take small RE schemes outside planning control.
I added that any LPA or NPA can publish an emergency SPG – supplementary planning guidance. The PDNPA has done so http://www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/ . But it doesn’t seem to have enabled many approvals, until the Members approved a 6kW turbine against officers’ advice recently. Hooray.
And the CPRE Yorkshire branch (CPRE PDSY) has recommended approval of three big turbines just outside the park. And FPD is working with us on water power.
Conclusions
Hugh and I believe no one should be shy of developing a scheme or project now. By the time it reaches the planning committee, policies will support it and /or it will be permitted development.
Ask your Local Planning Authority to rush through an SPG adopting climate change policies. Tell your LPA it is too late to wait for the current local planning framework to be completed.
Note of meeting addressed by Hugh Ellis, national planning officer for FoE. Planning applications for RENEWABLE ENERGY (RE) http://www.foe.co.uk/
Hugh took us through the many layers of policy relevant to planning applications for renewable energy installations, e.g.
wind turbines; solar panels; pv tiles; methane tanks; water turbines/wheels
He said that there are paragraphs or policies that support renewable energy at most levels except some local authorities that are out of date. If they are out of date, higher level policies will be given weight. The levels are
National sustainability policy; planning policy statement (PPS) 1 – general policies; PPS 22 renewable energy; the forthcoming update to PPS 1, specifically on climate change and renewables; regional spatial strategy; local plans/local development frameworks and SPGs (supplementary guidance.) See TCPA/FoE discussion document.
ANY RE PLANNING APPLICATION SHOULD REFER TO ALL HELPFUL POLICIES.
FoE has published a draft PPS 26 on climate change together with 20 other green organisations, including the Council for National Parks (CNP) and the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) (and its local branch, the Friends of the Peak District FPD is in tune with it.)
All LPAs and NPAs (local planning authorities) must give weight to the update of PPS 1 when it becomes Govt policy, even if their own plans have not “caught up”.
There is also a Climate Change Bill that might take small RE schemes outside planning control.
I added that any LPA or NPA can publish an emergency SPG – supplementary planning guidance. The PDNPA has done so http://www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/ . But it doesn’t seem to have enabled many approvals, until the Members approved a 6kW turbine against officers’ advice recently. Hooray.
And the CPRE Yorkshire branch (CPRE PDSY) has recommended approval of three big turbines just outside the park. And FPD is working with us on water power.
Conclusions
Hugh and I believe no one should be shy of developing a scheme or project now. By the time it reaches the planning committee, policies will support it and /or it will be permitted development.
Ask your Local Planning Authority to rush through an SPG adopting climate change policies. Tell your LPA it is too late to wait for the current local planning framework to be completed.
# posted by madcnf @ Monday, December 11, 2006 
