Planning in CroydonSouth Croydon Community Association 19 September 2012

Cllr Jason PerryCabinet Member for Planning, Regeneration & Transport

What is Planning?A quasi judicial process, controlled by policy.

The management of change in the environment in the public interest through the functions of:

• Plan making

• Determining planning applications

• Building regulations

• Enforcement

Staff & workload• Spatial Planning - 20 staff

Planning policy, masterplans, public realm, borough characterisation & conservation of historic assets

• Development management – 47 staffNumber of planning applications per annum – 3,200

• Building Control - 20 staffNumber of building regs applications per annum – 2,500

Planning Policy Hierarchy

• National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF)

• The London Plan

• Croydon Local Plan

Croydon Local Plan• Unitary Development Plan 2006 and in part being replaced by

Croydon Local Plan (Core Strategy)

• Planning & Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 introducing a greater spatial emphasis in plan making (the Local Development Framework) to provide strategic overview and policy direction

• Strategic policies - Core Strategy covers employment, housing, education, borough character and other strategic issues and is currently at examination – adoption is anticipated 2013

• Local policies – Joint DPD, SPD’s

Who can make a planning application?

• Land owners and prospective land owners serving notice on owners

• How can you respond?– Publicity by site notices– View the plans online or at Taberner House– Submit representations online or by letter

• How is it dealt with?– Decision by Planning Committee or by planning officers under

delegated powers– Triggers: 12 letters of petition 20 signatures

Does the proposal comply with the

Development Plan?

YES NO

Grant Permission

Refuse only if planning harm

can be demonstrated

Grant only if aclear planning case

can be made for departing from the Development Plan

Refuse Permission

Planning Applications - the key criteria

The 16 Places of CroydonCroydon is a borough made up of a

series of varied and distinctiveneighbourhoods and areas, which we

call the ‘Places’. Byunderstanding and expressing the

character and what makes eachplace special and different, we involve

local people in their area,so enabling us to plan sensitively.

Based on communities not political or administrative boundaries

The Place of South Croydon

South Croydon Character Appraisal

Predominant house type

South Croydon Character Appraisal

Policy designation

South Croydon Character AppraisalTopography & views

South Croydon Character Appraisal

Urban morphology

Specific policy areas affecting South Croydon• Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO’s)

– PP not needed for up to 6 persons (Class C4)• Care homes & care within dwelling houses

– PP not needed for up to 6 including care (Class C3)• Sub-division of single houses

– Min. size 130m2 (policy H7 RUDP)– Min. space standards (policy 3.5 London Plan 2011)

• Residential extensions: SPD2 provides guidance

Enforcement

Powers to investigate alleged breaches of planning • Not complying with approved plans/ planning conditions • Poorly maintained land and buildings (s215)• Unauthorised buildings, uses and advertsPossible actions• Retrospective planning applications• Voluntary cessation of unauthorised developments• Enforcement and other notices• Prosecution for non-compliance with notices

Council Contacts - 0208 726 6000• Rory Macleod – Head of Development Management

ext 65578

• Gina Pink – Trees & Enforcement Manager ext 62956

• Ric Patterson – Head of Building Control ext 65420

• Tim Naylor – Head of Spatial Planning ext 62615

Questions