Nick Scregg BA MRTPI

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Planning Performance Agreements for Large
Developments A Developers View
Nick Scregg BA MRTPI Divisional Managing
Director Persimmon Special Projects November 2007
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Who is Persimmon Special Projects?

• Specialise in Large Scale Developments
• Site acquisition
• Masterplanners
• Overall project co-ordinators
• Providers of roads, infrastructure, open space
  community facilities
• Principal point of contact with LPA

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Jennetts Park Regional Location
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Scheme Summary

• 1500 units
• 12 acre Business Park
• Neighbourhood Centre
• Community Centre
• Primary School
• Shops
• Medical Centre
• Site Area 270 acres
• Residential 81 acres net Commercial 8.5 acres
  net
• 135 acres open space (90 acre Country Park)

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lt M4 Reading
A329
Farm
Peacock Lane
Tarmans Copse
Fujitsu Tower
West Garden Copse
Great Hollands
Easthampstead Park
Jennetts Park The Site
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Planning History

• Mar 1998 - Outline application submitted
• Jul 2002 - Resolution to grant
• May 2004 - S106 completed OPP granted
• Aug 2005 - Masterplan / Design statement Approved
• Sep 2005 - First detailed applications submitted
• Jan 2006 - PDA pilot commenced
• April 2006 - Site Start
• Oct 2006 - First housing starts
• June 2007 - First occupations

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Jennetts Park Approved Master Plan
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Jennetts Park - June 2007
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Jennetts Park - June 2007
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The 2006 PDA What is it?

• One of 23 schemes in the pilot
• Post OPP at Reserved Matters stage
• Tool for project management
• Provides an ongoing working practices guide to
• Timetabling of pre-apps, RM applications, S106
  obligs.
• Pre-application submission requirements from
  developer
• Response requirements from BFBC
• Seeks to prevent formal RM submissions prior to
  conclusion of Pre - app negotiations

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What is it seeking to Manage?

• Reserved Matters applications (approx 60)
• 117 Conditions (47 in OPP, 70 in RM permissions)
• 326 Section 106 obligations

Phasing / Site layout / Floor plans / Elevation
details / Street scene / Hard landscaping / Soft
landscaping / Highway adoption plans / Materials
/ Finished floor levels / Landscape management
plan / Tree protection / Vehicular access /
Pedestrian cyclist access / Disabled access /
Noise protection / Method working statement
(noise, dust, smell, surface water run off, site
security, piling, working hours) / Construction
access / Construction signage / Wheel chair
accessibility (internal) / Vehicle cycle
parking / surface water drainage / Re - use of
waste / Separation of waste materials /
Collection of waste / Site operator parking /
storage / compounds / Wheel cleaning / External
lighting details / Sub - phase design and access
statement / Landscape design statement / LAPS
play equipment / seating / litter bins /
Archaeological investigations / Stage One safety
audit / Thames Basin Heath SPA / and.BATS
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Summary of Working Arrangements
Developer Project Team Architects / Urban
Design Housebuilders Engineers Landscape
Architects Legal Other consultants
LPA Development Team Highways S106 Urban
Design Landscape Recreation
Developer Core Team
LPA Core Team
Senior PPA Review Group
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Has it worked?

• Yes - but with reservations
• LPA consultees fail to meet deadlines
• Developer / consultants fail to meet deadlines!!
• Used by LPA to achieve 13 week Best Value
  Planning Delivery Grant target??
• Implications of proposed Housing Planning
  Delivery Grant??
• 22 RM applications
• Pre App 16.5 weeks average
• RM App 14.9 week average
• TOTAL 31.4 week average

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Conclusions

• Keep the PPA simple.
• The PPA is only a means to an end..
• Ensure all parties involved buy in to the PPA
  and are aware of the implications.
• Consider dedicated members sub committee at key
  stages in process.
• Consider using a PPA post OPP approval
• The outline permission is the end of the
  beginning..not the beginning of the end!

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