Planning Advisory Service

We provide consultancy and peer support, learning events and online resources to improve local government planning. Find out more about our support for:

• Making plans - LDFs, infrastructure planning, vision, evidence, community engagement 
• Development management - pre-apps, application handling, local development orders, delivery 
• Benchmarking, efficiency and performance improvement - costs, resources, joint-working, transformation
• Councillors - training, probity, leadership
• Climate change

Latest additions

• Revising your core strategy - workshop events Last updated 26 July 2010

  We're holding three workshop events in London, York and Birmingham for planners leading on their council's core strategy. The event will focus on practical workshop sessions that will help you prepare or take forward revisions to either an adopted or emerging core strategy.

  

• Planning benchmarking club - information sessions now open for booking Last updated 28 July 2010

  We're holding four information sessions in September to help you with what data you need, how to get it and the lessons we've learnt from benchmarking so far.

  The benchmarking club is a new joint venture between PAS and CIPFA to bring benchmarking to all planning authorities in England. The club will get you access to real, comparable information about how you deliver your service and how much it costs.

  

• Leadership academy: Your place - making the vision a reality Last updated 21 July 2010

  We are offering portfolio holders the opportunity to attend a fully subsidised programme that will help them deliver the strategic priorities for their place in a new world of localism and local economic partnerships.

  

• Sustainability appraisal: advice note and support Last updated 5 July 2010

  We are offering direct support to councils on incorporating SA in their plan making processes. Sign up for a one-day workshop or download our advice note.

  

• Future leadership grants Last updated 29 July 2010

  Planners are in short supply in the corporate management teams of councils around the country. We’re offering a number of grants to leading planning officers to attend a future leadership course. We hope this will help get more planners at the top table where they can really make a difference, professionally, personally and for their communities.