Planning Advisory Service

We facilitate self-sustaining change and improvement in the local government planning sector. 
We do this through guidance, direct support, events and online resources on the following topic areas:

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

Latest additions

• Development management case studies Last updated 10 March 2010

  We've published a number of case studies to support local planning authorities make the shift from development control to development management. They include: paying for it, culture change, front-loading and the role of members.

  

• Engaging the community in planning policy: innovative approaches in Richmondshire Last updated 25 February 2010

  This case study looks at how a rural authority with a small team came up with innovative and effective ways of engaging their community in developing the core strategy.

  

• Getting value from consultants: practical approaches to working with suppliers Last updated 18 January 2010

  This course will help planners get quality and value for money from the services they choose to buy in.

  

• Infrastructure delivery planning: pilot learning report Last updated 22 February 2010

  The first learning report from the authorities we are working with as part of our infrastructure delivery planning pilot is now available. The report covers getting started, project planning, governance, resourcing and more.

  

• Facing the future: planning from 2010 - extra London date added Last updated 16 February 2010

  This event series for heads of planning services and senior planners looks at some of the key areas of challenge that planning services are going to be facing over the coming year.