Planning service benchmark
The new spatial planning benchmark is now available.
This spatial planning benchmark is a tool that helps English councils improve their services. They can do this either alone or through a process of peer review. The new benchmark relates to the new comprehensive area assessment (CAA) focus for local government.
It will help councils to evaluate:
- what they are trying to achieve
- how they are doing this
- what they are already achieving
- what they will do to improve.
Using the spatial planning benchmark, a council will be able to identify priority actions and areas of support required to improve the delivery of a planning function.
The new spatial planning benchmark will be available shortly as part of an updated guidance manual to use in a peer review.
If you are interested in receiving a peer review of your spatial planning function please contact PAS at pas@idea.gov.uk .
Click here to view the Planning service benchmark v2.0 (PDF, 1910KB)