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Getting planning permission for student housing schemes Simon Bevan – Planning and Transport Policy Manager. London Student Housing Conference. Slide one. www.southwark.gov.uk. Plan led system. Local Development Frameworks being prepared Most boroughs using UDP - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Getting planning permission for student housing schemes
Simon Bevan – Planning and Transport Policy Manager
Slide one
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London Student Housing Conference
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Plan led system
• Local Development Frameworks being prepared
• Most boroughs using UDP• Southwark’s UDP newly adopted –
policies to be saved beyond 2010
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Plan led system
• Spatial expression of the community strategy
• Specific to the place• Southwark vision: ‘a world class
quarter of a world city’
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Southwark Plan
• Adopted July 2007• Central activities
zone• Strategic cultural
area• 2 universities
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Central London
London Bridge
Elephant
and
Castle
BermondseyCanada Water
Aylesbury
Peckham
Borough
and
Bankside
Old Kent Road
Camberwell
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Tackling poverty – encouraging wealth creation
• Restrictions in certain areas• Preferred Office Locations• Preferred Industrial Locations• Mixed use
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Life chances – improving community assets
• Enhancing community facilities
• Planning obligations• Supplementary
planning document (SPD)
• Toolkit for developers
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Clean and green
• Sustainability assessment
• Flood risk
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Housing
• Non self-contained housing for identified user groups
• Demonstrate need• Protect amenity• Adequate
infrastructure
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Sustainable transport
• Transport assessment
• Green travel plan• Cycle parking• Restriction on
parking permits• Disabled parking
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Planning and Building Control Service
• 13 week target for major applications• Pre-application advice – scale of
charges