New national and local policies and guidance
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- Unforeseen additional work injections into LDS work programme causing slippage
- Scope of proposed plans is significantly altered
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- Monitoring of changes to national policy
- Active participation in the City Region (to reflect the ‘duty to cooperate’) and local planning agenda to respond to changes early
- Re-evaluate priorities
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New sub-regional arrangements for strategic policy making
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- Unforeseen additional work injections into LDS work programme causing slippage
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- Alignment of sub-regional and local strategic objectives
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Volume of work (managing potentially competing timescales and tasks, higher levels of representations than anticipated)
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- Monitoring of progress against programme objectives and re-prioritise as necessary
- Realistic & flexible timetables
- Use of additional resources through corporate partnership working
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A very large volume of comments received at consultation stages
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- Require more staff to input and analyse responses
- Lengthy Examination in Public
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- Regular monitoring of resources, budgets and costings
- Redeploy existing resources where appropriate
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Capacity of Stakeholders to respond as part of engagement/involvement activity
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- Potential programme slippage
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- Early consultation with stakeholders where appropriate
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Inadequate resources to undertake specific areas of work
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- Unable to progress work
- Potential impact on quality & ‘soundness’ of planning documents
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- Regular monitoring of resources, budgets and costings
- Redeploy existing resources where appropriate
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Lack of in house skills to undertake new areas of technical work
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- Programme slippage
- Potential impact on quality & ‘soundness’ of planning documents
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- Develop skills and competencies through training initiatives
- Close working with partners who have the necessary skills
- Use of external consultants – subject to resources
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Staff turnover
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- Potential programme slippage
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- Monitoring of progress against programme objectives and re-prioritise as necessary
- Staff Recruitment
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Planning Inspectorate unable to meet the timescale for examination and report
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- Delay to examination/reporting
- Key programme milestones not met
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- Close liaison with the Planning Inspectorate, to highlight any potential issues/problems at an early stage
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Failure of planning documents to meet tests of soundness
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- Unable to adopt document
- Absence of up to date Local Plan triggers Presumption in Favour of Sustainable Development in NPPF
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- Ensure documents are sound and meet technical and consultation requirements
- Use of self-assessment tool
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Legal Challenge
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- LDD quashed
- Impact on work programme through additional work
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- Ensure LDF is compliant with Planning legislation, Regulations and guidance
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Departure from European Union
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- Unforeseen additional work injections into LDS work programme causing slippage
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- Monitoring of likely impacts especially as they relate to legislation
- Active participation in City Region to collectively explore implications upon sub-regional economy
- Re-evaluate priorities
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