{"id":227,"date":"2019-06-21T15:10:03","date_gmt":"2019-06-21T14:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/sustainable-planning-and-environments\/?p=227"},"modified":"2019-06-21T15:10:07","modified_gmt":"2019-06-21T14:10:07","slug":"planning-for-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/sustainable-planning-and-environments\/planning-for-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Planning for the Future….."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Strategic spatial planning and governance at the city and city-region level. <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Hannah Hickman….<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Monday 17th<\/sup> June, staff from Bristol City\nCouncil and the University of West of England joined together for the second in\na series of seminars aimed at drawing professional town planners and academics\ntogether \u2013 practice informed research and research informed practice in\naction<\/em>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sarah O\u2019Driscoll, Strategic City Planning Manager at Bristol City Council was first up. She gave an update on progress on the West of England Joint Spatial Plan (JSP) and the challenging economic and housing aspirations contained within the draft. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sarah O’Driscoll (BCC) outlined the key challenges addressed by the draft Joint Spatial Plan (JSP) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

As the first \u2018new style\u2019 sub-regional spatial plan to be subject to examination and produced under joint arrangements (including a shared staff resource across the four West of England authorities: Bristol, South Gloucestershire, Bath and NE Somerset and N Somerset), this was both fascinating and timely, as examination of the JSP starts shortly. UWE colleagues were particularly keen to understand the role of the West of England Combined Authority (WECA) in the preparation of the JSP and how this might change in the future once the planning powers of WECA \u2013 including the preparation of a joint plan – are operationalised. UWE staff also asked whether students might be able to observe the examination. Yes was the answer. Students must be encouraged to attend as this will no doubt comprise some very interesting debate!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sarah O’Driscoll presents issues and opportunities along the journey to delivering the Joint Spatial Plan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Next up was Colin Chapman, Local Plan Team Manager at Bristol\nCity Council. His subject was the content of Bristol\u2019s draft local plan recently\nout for consultation. He shared a compelling narrative around the continued\nneed for densification within the city\u2019s green belt constrained boundary. He\nhighlighted several exciting \u2013 as well as challenging – opportunities for\nsubstantial development. Particularly striking was the proposed diversification\nof St Philip\u2019s Marsh. Currently an industrial area of the city, but with a long\ncanal frontage and proximity to the city centre, Colin made a convincing case for\nachieving a greater mix of uses here. The opportunity for 2,500 homes at the\nCumberland Basin \u2013 again an exciting waterfront location \u2013 raised some eyebrows:\nnot because of the number of homes proposed necessarily but because of the re-configuration\nof a key arterial road network into and out of the city that this might entail!\nColin ended by highlighting a frequently cited response to recent consultation:\n\u201cwe understand the need for all these homes but where\u2019s the infrastructure<\/em>?\u201d\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Colin Chapman (BCC) outlined aspirations for regeneration around the Frome Gateway (draft Local Plan)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This was the perfect segway into the first of UWE\u2019s contribution, which was on research commissioned by the Royal Town Planning Institute on infrastructure governance in towns, cities and regions. Hannah Hickman and Stephen Hall shared some key emerging findings, highlighting both the systemic and practical challenges to achieving effective integrated infrastructure planning. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hannah Hickman and Stephen Hall (UWE) explained the focus of their RTPI commissioned research<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Bristol City Council colleagues were particularly interested in the varied findings around the challenges of achieving effective engagement between the planning community and providers (a very variable experience depending on sector) and highlighted their own experiences \u2013 both positive and negative \u2013 of engaging with statutory providers in particular. The culture of infrastructure funding \u2018by bidding\u2019 was a prominent theme of discussion, with the effort required to bid for pots of money without any certainty that funding would be forthcoming highlighted as a frustration. Watch this space for news of the final report and subsequent more detailed presentation of findings \u2013 including at the forthcoming AESOP conference in early July in Venice (lucky us!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hannah Hickman and Stephen Hall (UWE) outline their research method<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Finally, Hannah Hickman introduced some research being led by\nDr Katie McClymont and Adam Sheppard at UWE on \u2018re-thinking regulation<\/em>\u2019\nwhich will explore questions around the relationship between policy aspirations\nin place visions and plans, and the effectiveness of tools of regulation (such\nas development control, prior approvals, permitted development and permission\nin principle) in achieving them. There was much enthusiasm for exploring these\nquestions jointly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The overall outcome? Much shared learning, a positive\nappetite for continued ongoing dialogue, and the eager consumption of a few\ncustard creams and chocolate digestives (dark!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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