OUTLOOK FOR DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING CONSULTANCY
Q The economic climate for development will improve over the next 12 months.
Agree: 12%
Disagree: 36%
Q Your planning consultancy team will grow within the next 12 months.
Agree: 52%
Disagree: 23%
Q Your planning consultancy will contract within the next 12 months.
Agree: 4%
Disagree: 83%
PUBLIC SECTOR PERFORMANCE
Q A lack of resources for LPAs is a major constraint on local plan production and timely decisions on applications.
Agree: 92%
Disagree: 5%
Q LPAs should be able to increase planning application fees.
Agree: 38%
Disagree: 38%
Q Paid-for Planning Performance Agreements are usually good value for money.
Agree: 26%
Disagree: 43%
Q Paid-for pre-application discussions are usually good value for money.
Agree: 32%
Disagree: 55%
Q By and large, local authority decision-making performance is satisfactory.
Agree: 21%
Disagree: 67%
Q By and large, local authority plan-making performance is satisfactory.
Agree: 14%
Disagree: 75%
Q Planning Inspectorate decision-making performance is satisfactory.
Agree: 34%
Disagree: 48%
IMPACT OF NATIONAL POLICY
Q Neighbourhood planning has increased residents’ ability to resist development.
Agree: 62%
Disagree: 15%
Q Green belt policy imposes undue constraints on development and should be reviewed.
Agree: 75%
Disagree: 18%
Q The benefits of permitted development rights extensions in England since 2012 have generally outweighed any harm they might have caused.
Agree: 42%
Disagree: 35%
Q The introduction of the standard method of calculating housing need has sped up local plan–making
Agree: 16%
Disagree: 38%
Q Planning regulations in England are a significant factor in limiting the extent of home ownership.
Agree: 28%
Disagree: 45%
Q The introduction of the Housing Delivery Test is helping to boost housing delivery.
Agree: 12%
Disagree: 29%
Q Charging appellants fees for planning inquiries would be acceptable in return for a definite decision timetable, as long as the fees were appropriate to the size of the development and refunded if the appeal were to be successful.
Agree: 43%
Disagree: 37%
PUBLIC ATTITUDES
Q Public opposition to development is increasing.
Agree: 60%
Disagree: 18%
Q Good design significantly improves a scheme's prospects of permission.
Agree: 77%
Disagree: 8%
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
Q We expect to offer RTPI-accredited degree-level apprenticeships in the near future.
Agree: 32%
Disagree: 37%
HOW THEIR OPINIONS HAVE CHANGED SINCE LAST YEAR
The economic climate for development will improve over the next 12 months.
2018: 55% agree 2019: 12% agree
Paid-for Planning Performance Agreements are usually good value for money.
2018: 33% disagree 2019: 43% disagree
Paid-for pre-application discussions are usually good value for money.
2018: 43% disagree 2019: 55% disagree
The benefits of permitted development rights extensions in England since 2012 have generally outweighed any harm they might have caused.
2018: 21% disagree 2019: 35% disagree
Planning Inspectorate decision-making performance is satisfactory.
2018: 61% disagree 2019: 48% disagree
Source: Responses to the Planning Consultancy Survey 2019
