Effective Practice in Spatial Planning
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Effective Practice in Spatial Planning In the past, planning’s role was to provide overarching policy and to regulate deliv- ery. This has now changed to one that is centrally engaged with the local investment decisions of all, with a particular emphasis on the public sector. This book sets out these underlying changes in the system and how spatial planning is now engaged in delivering places. Looking at the key elements of spatial planning, including community engagement, the use of evidence and taking an integrated approach to local infrastructure plan- ning and delivery, this book discusses the increasingly important role of project management in delivering effective spatial planning. It addresses spatial planning at local, sub-regional and national scales, includes a discussion on developments in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and considers spatial planning within its European, North American and Australian context. Spatial planning’s role in deliv- ering major change such as urban extensions or redevelopment is discussed, concluding with a forward look at what is likely to follow the effective creation of inspiring and successful places using spatial planning as a key tool. Particularly useful for students of planning, this will give an essential background for anyone interested in the practice and outcomes of spatial planning whether as participants, local authority councillors, professionals or the private sector. Janice Morphet is a Visiting Professor at the Bartlett School of Planning, UCL. She is also a member of the Planning Committee of the London 2012 Olympic Games. Janice spends much of her time as an academic and practitioner working on spatial planning and its interrelationships with local governance. THE RTPI Library Series Editors: Robert Upton, Infrastructure Planning Commission in England and Patsy Healey, University of Newcastle, UK Published by Routledge in conjunction with The Royal Town Planning Institute, this series of leading-edge texts looks at all aspects of spatial planning theory and practice from a comparative and international perspective. 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To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge’s collection of thousands of eBooks please go to www.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk. © 2011 Janice Morphet All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Morphet, Janice. Effective practice in spatial planning / Janice Morphet. p. cm. -- (The RTPI library series) Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. City planning--England. 2. Regional planning--England. I. Title. HT169.E5M67 2010 307.1’2160942--dc22 2009046101 ISBN 0-203-85183-8 Master e-book ISBN ISBN: 978-0-415-49281-2 (hbk) ISBN: 978-0-415-49282-9 (pbk) ISBN: 978-0-203-85183-8 (ebk) For Charlotte, Sophie and Robin CONTENTS Figures x Preface xi Acknowledgements xiii Abbreviations xiv 1 What is spatial planning? 1 Introduction 1 Spatial planning: theory and practice 2 Spatial planning: an English approach 6 The provenance of spatial planning 13 Conclusions: bringing it all together 20 2 The local governance context of the English spatial planning system 22 Introduction 22 Local government: the implications of the 2000 reforms for planning 23 Conclusions 45 3 The English spatial planning system 46 Introduction 46 What are the components of the Local Development Framework? 47 Tests of Soundness (ToS) 70 Conclusions 75 4 The evidence base of spatial planning 76 Introduction 76 Why is evidence important? 76 Evidence collection and quality 81 Integrated approaches to the use of evidence for spatial planning 83 Consultation processes as evidence 85 Using evidence in spatial planning 85 Specific studies for spatial planning 87 Sustainability Appraisal (SA) 94 Putting evidence in the public domain 97 Conclusions 98 viii Contents 5 Community involvement in spatial planning 100 Introduction 100 Building social and institutional capital 101 Service users as customers 103 The role of consultation as evidence 104 Consultation requirements in preparing an LDF: Statement of Community Involvement (SCI) 105 Consultation methods 109 Engaging stakeholders 120 The role of Planning Aid 122 Conclusions 122 6 Making places: delivery through spatial planning 123 Introduction 123 The infrastructure turn 124 Preparing for delivery 128 Working together on an Infrastructure Delivery Plan (IDP) 128 Putting it all together: a Steps Approach 131 Funding delivery 142 Infrastructure delivery strategy 142 Conclusions 145 Infrastructure categories 146 7 Taking an integrated approach to local spatial delivery 151 Introduction 151 Delivering social objectives 152 Delivering economic objectives 165 Delivering environmental objectives 172 Conclusions 174 8 Managing spatial planning 175 Introduction 175 Does spatial planning require cultural change for planners? 175 The role of management in effective spatial planning 178 Skills 183 Project management 185 Performance management 189 Development management 194 Conclusions 197 Contents ix 9 Regional and sub-regional spatial planning 199 Introduction 199 The European context for English regional planning 200 Mega regions in England 202 Regions 205 Sub-regions and city regions 212 The enigma of London 216 Conclusions 217 10 Spatial planning in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland 218 Introduction 218 Scotland 220 Wales 225 Northern Ireland 231 Conclusions: diverging or converging systems of spatial planning? 236 11 Spatial planning in Europe, North America and Australia 239 Introduction 239 The characteristics of spatial planning in Europe 240 Spatial planning outside Europe 252 Conclusions 257 12 Spatial planning: what does it all add up to? 258 Introduction 258 The seven Cs of spatial planning 260 What’s next for spatial planning? 264 Notes 265 References 266 Index 289 FIGURES AND TABLES Tables 2.1 Comprehensive spending review process 39 3.1 Tests of Soundness 2005 72 4.1 Incorporating SA within the DPD process 96 6.1 Infrastructure delivery strategy 143 7.1 Using spatial processes to address health outcomes 155 7.2 Delivery of healthier places through spatial planning 156 7.3 Examples of developers’ contributions requested as part of the delivery of economic schemes 171 8.1 One or two definitions of spatial planning? 177 12.1 Integrated spatial planning: characteristics and implementation 259 Figures 1.1 LDF delivery process 19 2.1 Local governance and delivery architecture 36 6.1 The Steps Approach to infrastructure planning and delivery 134 PREFACE I began my career in planning in June 1969 and over the 40 years that have followed, I have been engaged in discussing planning practice and its future in many different ways and places and in a variety of different roles – practitioner, academic, chief executive, central government advisor and consultant. In the period 1996–2006, I focussed my attention on local government and when I returned to look at spa- tial planning in more detail, I was surprised to see how close the relationship had become. The opportunity to explore this relationship emerged even further through the leadership of the Effective Practice in Spatial Planning (EPiSP) project that was commissioned by the RTPI, CLG, GLA and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation in 2007. This demonstrated spatial planning’s integration with the emerging local governance architecture. Its role in delivery for