Bringing planning and economic development closer together Richard
Bringing planning and economic development closer together. Richard Hardesty – on behalf of GLLEP
What does ‘business’ want from ‘planning’? Timeliness Consistency Co-ordination
How might this bring planning and economic development closer together? Investment into the local economy Earlier Investment into the local economy
Introduction to GLLEP The Greater Lincolnshire Local Enterprise Partnership was approved in the first wave of LEPs and has committed itself to improving the economy of Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire. It met for the first time on 7 th December 2011. The partnership was formed in response to a strong desire by the business community and the public sector to ensure that economic interests of the area were properly represented. Image to go here
GLLEP Focus The GLLEP is working with businesses in 6 key sectors to establish the following: The top 5 opportunities for growth in the sector The top 5 barriers for growth in the sector, and how could these be removed? What role could the public sector play in facilitating new investment? How are national policies affecting companies at a local level? What critical issues would the sector group like the GLLEP to lobby national government about? (Manufacturing, Visitor Economy, Renewables, Care, Agri-food and Ports & Logistics)
Findings The top 5 barriers for growth in the sector were identified as: Access to finance Skills Transport and Infrastructure Planning Red Tape
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GLLEP Workshop The GLLEP Board recognises the important link between timely development and improving the local economy, so decided to create a platform to enable public and private sector bodies to look at the current system for development. A workshop was held recently which looked at how things could be done differently, what’s getting in the way of timely development, and if a closer working relationship could be created between public and private sector bodies. Attendee’s (stakeholders) included developers, district and county council planners, highways representatives, utility companies and the Environment Agency among others.
The Workshop Stakeholders were introduced to the GLLEP, the background to the event, as well as the purpose and objectives. They then separated into two groups to consider: How we do things now What could we do differently to the benefit of all involved What would be the next steps in doing so
Workshop – the process
Workshop Key Messages General frustrations with the time it takes to get things done “It was a very positive session and by the end everyone agreed that we can all benefit from working together more effectively. ” “It was agreed that understanding of the development process was poor and we should attempt to communicate the process more effectively to all stakeholders. ” “All stakeholders could benefit from being involved earlier in the process. ”
Workshop outcomes Improved understanding of the development process The beginning of an appreciation of other stakeholders perspectives Timely development should result in quicker investment into the local economy Government induced blockages could be lobbied for change
What happens next Share the learning from this workshop with stakeholders Create stakeholder working groups : to clarify the actual ‘end to end process map’ – then publish it to consider the creation of a Greater Lincolnshire Planning Charter Mark Identify other opportunities for improvement Identify if there are barriers which the GLLEP could help remove
Summary Important link between timely development and improving the local economy Bringing public and private sector stakeholders together to: Look how we could improve the timeliness of the development process Help recognise the link between their work and the local economy Identify if there are barriers which the GLLEP could help remove
Further information • www. greaterlincolnshirelep. co. uk • richardesty@lincolnshire. gov. uk Questions?
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