Planning
Planning Zonal
Upfront
+£500m
Annual
-£2.0bn
Revenue
+£5.0bn
Net Annual Effect
+£3.0bn/year
Payback in 2 years
GDP +1.5%Productivity +0.3%high uncertainty
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Planning
Planning System
Consent Time
4.2 years avg
Judicial Reviews
58% of NSIPs
Cost Premium
8.5x EU average
32%Current
Potential: 85%
✗Key Problems
- 1.Discretionary case-by-case system since 1947
- 2.No electoral upside for councillors approving development
- 3.NSIP consent times up 65% since 2012
- 4.44,000-page EIAs for major projects
✓Solutions
- 1.ABOLISH discretionary planning: If it meets code, it's APPROVED
- 2.AUTO-APPROVE <4 stories residential meeting building regs
- 3.£5,000/home to councils: Financial reward for building
- 4.CAP judicial reviews at 6 months: No more decade-long delays
Analysis
Root Causes
1
Discretionary case-by-case system since 1947
2
No electoral upside for councillors approving development
3
NSIP consent times up 65% since 2012
4
44,000-page EIAs for major projects
Reform Pathway
1
ABOLISH discretionary planning: If it meets code, it's APPROVED
2
AUTO-APPROVE <4 stories residential meeting building regs
3
£5,000/home to councils: Financial reward for building
4
CAP judicial reviews at 6 months: No more decade-long delays
Cascade Effects
Reforms in Planning System will have downstream effects on 6 connected domains:
Policy Costings
Rigorous fiscal analysis of Planning System reforms
Dependencies
This domain affects (6)
Blocked by (0)
Root cause - no upstream blockers