PAUL WATSON

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POS ANNUAL SEMINAR LUNCHEON FRIDAY 17 MARCH 2006
PAUL WATSON Head of Planning Services Solihull
Metropolitan Borough Council
Immediate Past President Planning Officers Society
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PREAMBLE
Francis Tibbalds

Chris Farlowe
Hilary Herbert
Making it work - the new planning system
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OBJECTIVES FOR THE NEW PLANNING SYSTEM
transparent
flexible
predictable
efficient
effective
Pre Budget Report 2005
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OBJECTIVES FOR THE NEW PLANNING SYSTEM
plan led
consistent
open
fair
positive
proactive
PPS1 Delivering Sustainable Communities 2005
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RESPECT, RESOURCES AND REWARD
spatial planning at the heart of making a
difference
culture change, confidence and creativity
bursaries and Tomorrows Planners
planning fees and Planning Delivery Grant
local authority pay and conditions
The parable of the lion and the leopard
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FRONT LOADING
national framework
regional planning and accountability
major infrastructure and Barker II
locking in key decisions
Robustness and resilience
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PROPORTIONALITY OF PROCESS
bureaucrats and bureaucracy
clarity and added value
demystifying planning
Seeing and cutting through red tape
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PRODUCT, NOT PROCESS
right development
right place
right time
right way
We will leave this city not less but greater,
better and more beautiful than it was
left to us
Oath sworn by the Citizens of Athens
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RAISING OUR GAME
ODPM, government and spatial planning
national targets and local delivery
penalties and rewards
CPA
LAA
Gershon, outsourcing, recruitment retention
Confidence and creativity from concept to
completion
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GODS WORK
The blessed task of making the world a better
place need not wait to be done by perfect men
George Eliott