A presentation from 'Brownfield housing land and LDO masterclass' by the Planning Advisory Service.

1. Building More Homes on
Brownfield Land: Local
Development Orders
Brownfield Land and LDO Masterclass February 2015
Mide Beaumont
DCLG

2. Making the most of brownfield
land
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National Planning Policy Framework
• Planning policies and decisions should encourage the effective
use of land by re-using brownfield land provided that it is not of
high environmental value;
• Local councils can set locally appropriate targets for using
brownfield land
Planning practice guidance
• Stresses the importance of the planning process in helping to
bring brownfield land into use
The objective for implementation
• To see local development orders granting planning permissions
for homes in place on over 90% of suitable brownfield land by
2020 (June 2014)

3. Government action to support
implementation
Package of measures announced in June 2014 to support
development of brownfield land for housing:
 Funding and guidance to support preparation of local
development orders
 Consultation on measures to underpin performance
 New powers for Mayoral development orders (London)
 Housing Zones
 Estate Regeneration
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4. Support for preparing local
development orders
• Funding to support councils preparing local development orders
for larger housing sites
• North East Lincolnshire, Swindon, Gravesham and West
Lindsey are receiving funding
• PAS also supporting four councils – Welwyn Hatfield, Swindon,
Teignbridge and North East Lincolnshire – who are piloting
local development orders for smaller housing sites
• Guidance will be available on PAS website later this year to
support wider use of local development orders on smaller sites
• Web based learning platform available through PAS
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5. Government action to support
implementation
Building on these initiatives the Government published in January:
• Proposals for public consultation on measures that may
exceptionally be needed to drive progress
• A further opportunity to bid for funding to support the
preparation of local development orders on larger sites
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6. Building more homes on
brownfield land – Consultation
Consultation covers two broad issues:
• Identifying suitable brownfield land, sharing information and
monitoring progress
• Measures to underpin delivery of local development orders
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7. Building more homes on
brownfield land – Consultation
How do ensure data is up to date?
We need to ensure that data on brownfield is robust. Do not want
to impose a top-down approach and would like a system led by
local authorities
We want a system that:
• Is easily accessible to developers, members of the public, other
authorities and central Government
• Is easy for the robustness of the data to be tested
• Makes the most of modern technology
• Places the least burden on local authorities
Welcome views on how this might be achieved in the responses to
the consultation.
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8. Building more homes on brownfield
land – Consultation
Proposals for data collection and availability
Defining suitable brownfield land: using the NPPF definition and
which meets specific criteria:
• Deliverable
• Free of constraint
• Capable of development
• Capable of supporting 5 or more dwellings
Building on existing data collection processes for local plans and
SHLAAs the proposal is that data is updated at least once a year
and published to an agreed common standard
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9. Building more homes on brownfield
land – Consultation
Measures proposed to encourage progress:
• Extending measures similar to the current designation process
to apply where authorities do not make sufficient progress in
getting LDOs in place on 90% of suitable brownfield land by
2020 (with an intermediate objective in 2017)
• Policy based incentive: amend the National Planning Policy
Framework so that authorities that have not made sufficient
progress against the brownfield objective would be unable to
claim the existence of an up to date five year housing land
supply when considering applications for brownfield
development - presumption in favour of sustainable
development would apply (with intermediate objectives)
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10. Local Development Orders for housing
on brownfield land – Invitation to bid
• Further opportunity for local planning authorities and private
sector partners to help deliver sites for new housing
• Incentive fund offers authorities up to £50k to support the
development of LDOs for larger housing sites
• Bids are encouraged from local planning authorities that can
identify suitable brownfield sites able to accommodate in the
region of 100 dwellings or more
• Deadline for applications is 11 March 2015
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11. Local Development Orders for housing
on brownfield land – Invitation to bid
Award Criteria
• Sites are deliverable
• There is a clear project plan in place for consulting on the draft
local development order by the end of December 2015
• The local planning authority has sufficient capacity to prepare
and deliver the local development order, particularly staff
resources
• There is a clear commitment to timely discharge of conditions
or the granting of prior approval
• It is clear how the local planning authority intend to use the
money and that it will be used in a cost effective way.
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12. Building more homes on brownfield
land: Local Development Orders
Advice and support on LDOs
Planning Practice Guidance
http://planningguidance.planningportal.gov.uk/blog/guidance/w
hen-is-permission-required/what-types-of-area-wide-local-
planning-permission-are-there/
Planning Advisory Service
http://www.pas.gov.uk/45-local-development-orders
http://housingldos.info/about-ldo/
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13. Building more homes on brownfield
land: Local Development Orders
Any Questions?
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