pas councillor briefing climate change - presentation with notes
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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
Localdevelopmentframework
Masterplanningpre-application
Planningapplications
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/
