DEVELOPMENT PLANNING SUB-COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA 14:00 16:00, 3 rd September 2015 231 George Street, Glasgow, G1 1RX 14:00 Welcome & apologies GD 14:05 Minutes and issues arising from last meeting DP-15-03-01 SW 14:10 Scottish Government Update CT 14:40 Housing Delivery Plan (Workstream) DP-15-03-02 All 15:00 Issues Arising from SPP (Workstream) All 15:20 Community Empowerment Bill (Workstream) All 15:40 Land Reform All 15:50 PPF - Performance Monitoring All 16:00 District Heat Network Policy DP-15-03-03 BL 16:10 DPEA Core Documents Library GD 16:20 Any Other Business All 16:30 End 1
MEETING DATES FOR 2015 December Perth TBC TELECONFERENCING DETAILS Phone 0800 917 1956 Chairperson passcode 94894253 then # Participant passcode 75893879 then # LIST OF PAPERS DP-15-03-01 Minutes of previous meeting page 3 DP-15-03-02 Joint Housing Delivery Plan separate paper DP-15-03-03 District Heat Network separate paper 2
MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING 14:00 16:30 Tuesday 2 nd June 2015 City of Edinburgh Council, Waverley Court, 4 East Market St Edinburgh, EH8 8BG Attended: Stuart West Orkney (SW) Chair Gillian Dick Glasgow (GD) Vice Chair Scott Dalgarno Highland (TS) Lorna Bowden North Lanarkshire (LB) David Jennings Aberdeen City & Shire SDPA (DJ) Gordon Cameron South Lanarkshire (GC) Kate Cowey Angus (KC) Karl Doroszenko East Ayrshire (KD) David Cooper Edinburgh (DC) Andy Stewart East Lothian (AS) Carrie Thomson Scottish Government (RC) Colin Hemfrey Falkirk (CH) Irene Beautyman Improvement Service (IB) Trevor Moffat Improvement Service (TM) Teleconference: Iain McDiarmid Shetland/HoPS (IMcD) Suzanne Shearer Shetland (SS) Guest: Simon Bonsall Scottish Government Apologies: Stuart Mearns LLTNPA (SM) Bill Lindsay Fife (BL) Peter Marshall Perth and Kinross (PM) Gavin Miles Cairngorms NPA (GM) Alan Williamson West Dunbartonshire (AW) 3
1. Minutes and action points of previous meeting, The minutes of the meeting on the 27 th February were agreed. 2. Scottish Government update The Scottish Government Update, Marine Planning Briefing and Planning & Architecture Structure are attached below: SG Development Plan Update - 2015 - June PAD - Management Planning - 2015-16 - B National Marine Plan - briefing re heads of In addition to the note: Research into fracking will look at 4 key issues: Health, Transport, Seismology and Long Term Restoration. KD raised the issue of how to address the Unconventional Oil & Gas Moratorium which does not have an end date in a Main Issues Report. Orkney took their MIR for feedback from the Scottish Government team. Please contact SW for further details. 3. Section 3F and Greenhouse Gas Emission Policies Simon Bonsall addressed the sub-committee on Section 3F. This has been required in Local Development Plans since 2010 legislation is up for annual review after the reporting period. There has not been any clear evidence of its effectiveness and a desk based research project has been granted to Dundee University to collect data on how LDP policies have been implemented. A steering group has been formed to advise the researchers including members from; Construction Scotland, Scottish Environmental Link and HoPS (GD is the HoPS representative). This non-intrusive study will look into policies from the following authorities: Perth & Kinross, Eilean Siar, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Dundee, North Ayrshire and Highland. Simon Bonsall will be writing to the nominated authorities to inform them that they will form part of the study. This will be reported in September 2015 and will feed into the 6 th Annual Section 3F report. There is opportunity for Ministers to repeal this after the report is issued. Annual reports on Section 3F can be found here 4. Housing Land Audit Procedures The Homes for Scotland Internal Guidance draft was presented to the sub-committee. It was noted that there was potential areas of conflict between this document and local authority methods. As well as the lack of consistency between local authorities themselves. Action: DPSC sub-committee will forward any comments to DJ ASAP. 4
Action: DJ to liaise with the HoPS Executive committee with any concerns about the paper and feedback will be provided to Homes for Scotland if applicable. 5. SPP Town Centre Protocol An update paper from Fraser Carlin who is the HoPS lead on this project was circulated for note. A further update will be circulated later in the year. Kristen Anderson is currently providing feedback from the Scottish Government on the Town Centre First. 6. Community Empowerment This item will remain on the workstream and will be renamed Community and Development Planning Alignment to better reflect the topics discussed. There was no further update from SD on the Isle of Rum Community Council project with PAS. Highland Council is developing a protocol for Community Council to feed into the LDP. GD also raised the subject of how allotments can apply for land through the Community Empowerment Bill. 7. Development Planning PPF Indicators The figures to be used in the PPF reports are the most recent finalised figures. Cathy Johnston of the Performance and Practice sub-committee will be providing feedback from HoPS to the Scottish Government. The item on performance monitoring will be addressed at the next meeting. 8. LDP Adoption Delays in adoption to local development plans were discussed. The Scottish Government update details staffing changes and CT confirmed other PAD teams are drawn on as necessary and subject to resource availability. SG endeavour to return plans within the 28 day timescale however, this will be subject to the circumstances with individuals plans, for example relating to the transition to SPP 2014. 9. DPEA Core Document Library The DPEA will now host on their website a core library of regularly referenced documents. HoPS would address this request through our sub-committees. HoPS will be producing a list of Regional and Scotland wide documents for Development Planning and Development Management which are regularly in use by local planning authorities. Action: TM to contact David Henderson at the DPEA to advise of the HoPS method Action: TM to raise with HoPS sub-committees Action: GD will collate a list of documents 5
10. River Basin Management GD circulated a note to the sub-committee. 11. Improvement Service Planning Programme Report IB presented the report from 2014-15. Due to the changes in funding there will fewer events overall and a shift towards larger sharing good practice events with multiple authorities present. Topics which are already being considered for 2015-16 are: The project management process of a standard development plan Community and spatial planning with the assistance of the RTPI Housing land sites and audits Infrastructure and action programming The sub-committee also suggested the following topics: Place Making including the Place Standard being worked on by the Scottish Government and Open Space Town Centre Health Checks Net Economic Benefit Action: Any other suggestions should be forwarded to TM or IB 12. Membership Changes The sub-committee would like to pass on their thanks to SW for his time as chair. SW passed on his thanks to the sub-committee members for all of their work, TM for organisation and CT for the positive interaction between HoPS and the Scottish Government. GD will take over as chair of the sub-committee after the HoPS AGM on the 11 th June 2015. SD has noted his interest in the position of Vice Chair. A note of interest to join the sub-committee has been made from Gary Templeton at Moray Council. Action: Members of the sub-committee who wish to leave are to contact TM and SW in advance of the HoPS AGM. 13. AOB East Ayrshire have included their Wind Farm capacity study in their LDP. This goes along with SPP guidance and the have received a letter from the Scottish Government stipulating this. Action: KD will circulate the letter form the Scottish Government to the sub-committee when it goes public. Next meeting dates: September Glasgow 13:30 16:00, 3 rd September 2015 (Provisional) December Perth TBC Previously circulated papers can be found on the HoPS Knowledge Hub page 6