Large-scale mixed-use development and the UK planning system: Does it fit, and will the Planning White Paper assist?

Simon Ricketts and Duncan Field
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Duncan Field: Town Legal LLP

Journal of Urban Regeneration and Renewal, 2008, vol. 1, issue 3, 240-250

Abstract: The failings of the UK planning system are well documented but are particularly acute and perhaps less understood when it comes to large-scale mixed-use development. This paper explores:—the dilemma as to when to bring forward an application for planning permission against the background of emerging national, regional and local policies; weighing up the risk of prematurity against the reality that there will never be a right time—the level of detail required in order to promote a scheme before its principle has been accepted and potentially many years before development is to be commenced or end-users identified—elements of planning practice without express statutory backing, such as hybrid planning applications and non-material amendments—the lack of flexibility in the process to allow scheme iteration—the artificiality of traditional planning law concepts when applied to modern mixed-use schemes—the various roles of the local authority in the process which leads to increased risk of legal challenge—the particular issues associated with section 106 agreements in large-scale mixed-use schemes.

Keywords: Town and country planning; mixed-use development; planning policy; supporting information; scheme changes; project description; judicial review; section 106 agreements; reform (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: R00 Z33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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