Long Term Planning Report - Greece

SusSET   3rd Major Conference Pyrgos, Greece   Long Term Planning – William Munro, Stonehaven.  11 May 2006     BACKGROUND   -         Amsterdam themes agreed including long term planning                             (some themes merged)   -         Stromstad workshop discussion agreed ‘’ Identifying the land use and development needs to achieve the long term vision of the strategy’’        Concern about fit with whole town strategy.   -         Poland agreed to merge the theme into Whole Town Strategy.   -         London new framework – sub theme of whole town strategy to be developed in less depth as it is ‘long term’ beyond the project.   EXAMPLE OF GOOD PRACTICE   -         Imagine Stonehaven (Ellon, Inverurie)   -         What if the town’s population increases by 50% over a long period?   -         Where would we locate housing, industry, infrastructure facilities?   -         What does community value? – sense of place                                                                   - setting of town                                                             - town centre, beach, harbour                                                             - green corridors   -         What other constraints?          - sea, major road, railway, oil and gas pipelines                                                       - landscape setting, skyline, green spaces, low  land-flooding.                                                        -         Options                                    - assess impact on climate, energy, resources,                                                                                                                                 social concerns, environment                                                         -         Stages                                     - set framework of open space                                                                  - identify transport & local service centres                                                                  - identify sites fro development                                                                  - phasing   -         report considered by Area Committee further consideration – October 2006 -         posted on SusSET website   LEGAL FRAMEWORK   -         Structure Plan  - strategic level (Regional) (joint with neighbouring Authority) Strategic Policies. Sets out development needs and timescale in general terms e.g.200 houses in 5 years Stonehaven.   -         Local Plan – local policies takes the development needs from the Structure Plan and allocates to specific sites e.g. 50 houses site A; 100 houses site B;  50 houses site C; and to achieve 200 houses in Stonehaven.   -         Planning Application/development Control – application lodged by developer, assessed by Local Authority to ensure that it complies with the policies and proposals in the Structure Plan & Local Plan     SuSSET needs to   -         Compare the legal framework in each country -         Look at what is good/bad -         Recommendations for any changes as they might affect small expanding towns -         Compare good practice for defining the land use needs to achieve our whole town strategies.