Plan, Do, Review) Increase the (23) Work with Establish a Analyse, plan and Increase in the Q4 Housing, ‘one-council’ attractiveness of developers to unlock approach to identifying barriers to do number, range and Economy & Business the borough to key development and opportunities for tenure of properties Committee developers and sites across the development, and work with built and potential businesses borough partners to unlock key development sites. Executive Head of development sites, potentially Community Living and Increase in the linking this to Sutton’s Housing Strategic number of key Zone. Commissioning development where planning Executive Head of decisions Service for Economic implemented. Development, Planning and Sustainability Executive Heads of Re-commission the Development Increase in number of Plan and Do Service for Adult Social Management, Strategic Planning first time approvals Services, Housing and and Building Control services. and self-service Health planning applications. Executive Head of Reduction in overall Commissioning, processing time to Environment and determine Neighbourhoods applications. Increased confidence in planning processes (24) Improve the Develop a vision for the built Plan Achieve the Q1 Chair, Housing, borough’s town and environment reflected in a new necessary balance Economy & Business district centres Local Plan: commission and between development Committee produce evidence based studies, growth and Q2 including the Town Centre environmental Executive Head of Economic Assessment and sustainability (as set Economic Sutton Town Centre Master Plan; out in the Annual Development, Planning develop guidance and policies to Monitoring Report) and Sustainability inform and facilitate future
Plan, Do, Review) Increase the attractiveness of the borough to developers and businesses (23) Work with developers to unlock key development sites across the borough Establish a ‘one-council’ approach to identifying barriers to and opportunities for development, and work with partners to unlock key development sites, potentially linking this to Sutton’s Housing Zone. Re-commission the Development Management, Strategic Planning and Building Control services. Analyse, plan and do Plan and Do Increase in the number, range and tenure of properties built and potential development sites. Increase in the number of key development where planning decisions implemented. Increase in number of first time approvals and self-service planning applications. Reduction in overall processing time to determine applications. Increased confidence in planning processes Q4 Housing, Economy & Business Committee Executive Head of Community Living and Strategic Commissioning Executive Head of Service for Economic Development, Planning and Sustainability Executive Heads of Service for Adult Social Services, Housing and Health Executive Head of Commissioning, Environment and Neighbourhoods (24) Improve the borough’s town and district centres Develop a vision for the built environment reflected in a new Local Plan: commission and produce evidence based studies, including the Town Centre Economic Assessment and Sutton Town Centre Master Plan; develop guidance and policies to inform and facilitate future Plan Achieve the necessary balance between development growth and environmental sustainability (as set out in the Annual Monitoring Report) Q1 Q2 Chair, Housing, Economy & Business Committee Executive Head of Economic Development, Planning and Sustainability
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