pas councillor briefing climate change - presentation with notes

The Councillor’s Role in Climate Change

Name of facilitator

Location

date www.pas.gov.uk

Before we start…

How you can use your local planning authority powers – both planning policy and decision-making on applications – to address corporate objectives related to climate change

Aim

Overview

1. Spatial planning process

2. Climate change and planning

3. Question and answer session

4. What you can do next

1 The spatial planning process

• Steps in the process

• Role of spatial planning

• Planning helps to integrate

• Role of the core strategy

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Delivery

Steps in the process

Role of spatial planning

Sets out a vision and spatial policies for:• Climate change• Sustainable development• Flood risk and management• Green infrastructure• Transport• Economy• Health

Source: Planning together (RTPI/CLG)

Planning helps to integratePlanning helps to integrate

Role of the core strategy

The core strategy orchestrates ‘the necessary social, physical and green infrastructure’ that is required to create sustainable communities.

It is a delivery strategy that is:

•linked to other policies

•integrated with other strategies.

2 Climate change and planning

• Climate change – what’s it got to do with you?

• Spatial impacts of climate change

• Climate change is a legal responsibility

• Mitigation and adaptation

• Implications for new development

• Role of development management

• Taking a lead

“Is climate change really our problem?”

What are the links betweenclimate change and planning?

Policy and legal context

• PPS on planning for a low carbon future in a changing climate (draft )

• Planning Act (2008)

• PPS1 supplement on climate change (2007)

Mitigating carbon emissions

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Adapting to climate change

Implications for new development

Provision, spatial distribution, location and design of new development should be planned to: • limit carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions• use decentralised and renewable or low carbon

energy• consider climate change mitigation and

adaptation together.

Role of development management

Things to look out for:• energy efficiency• cycle parking• waste recycling • adaptation to impacts

How can you take a lead?

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3 Question and answer session

Four interactive questions and answers

Question 1

How can members influence the planning system to address local needs relating to climate change?

Answer

Use the tools that being an LPA gives you

Question 2

How can we ensure that our core strategy reflects our local situation and what we need to do to tackle climate change?

Answer

Use local evidence

Question 3

“My local council wants us to be a leader in reducing our carbon emissions. How can the planning system help deliver that?”

Answer 1

Implement zero carbon regulations

Answer 2

Assess local potential for renewable energy

Answer 3

Exploit opportunities for decentralised energy

Answer 4

Use development management

Question 4

How can local authorities use planning to adapt to climate change, especially flooding?

Answer 1

Undertake strategic flood risk assessment

Example - Plymouth

Answer 2

Implement green infrastructure

4 What you can do next

• Meet with LDF planners• Talk to LSP chair• Make presentation to main LSP board• Have LSP workshop with public sector

partners• Identify infrastructure needs• Ensure LSP takes an active and

regular interest• Share your good practice

PAS support

Dedicated climate change resource

www.pas.gov.uk/climatechange

• New publications based on council practice:

• Show me the evidence: climate change and the evidence base for core strategies

• Using planning for corporate initiatives to tackle climate change

Forthcoming Compare Renewables resource from LGID

Other resources

•CSE – Planning Renewableswww.planningrenewables.org.uk

•UKCIP – guidancehttp://www.ukcip.org.uk/

•HCA – Demystifying Climate Change

http://climatechange.hcaacademy.co.uk/

Contact us

email pas@local.gov.ukweb www.pas.gov.ukphone 020 7664 3000