In recognition of the challenges that many local authorities and their partners are facing in developing a response to large scale development schemes that have stalled for viability reasons as a result of the economic downturn, ATLAS has published a new section in the Topic Zone of this website together with a set of practice notes titled "Responsive Planning Practices for Changing Economic Times".
The new practice notes are primarily aimed at local authorities and their private and public sector partners in situations where market uncertainties have resulted in the stalled implementation of development schemes and the parties agree there are benefits in trying to find solutions to enable delivery. They draw on experience from the ATLAS portfolio of projects around the country as well as emerging and best practice in local authorities.
The notes set out key learning points and approaches that have been used by local authorities and the private sector to try and find solutions to unblock stalled schemes in a collaborative and solution-focussed manner. Areas covered by the new practice notes include developing strategies for managing stalled schemes, understanding the use of financial appraisals and viability in the planning process, identifying and testing potential solutions, and planning tools that can be used to deliver solutions.
The information can be found as topic paper T1 in the Topic Zone, or click here to visit the webpages directly.