Plan Making

We exist to help all councils get an up to date plan. To help we offer some councils direct support, and we also make many topic guides and toolkits.

In this section you will find a variety of materials for practitioners and councillors. We are expecting to need to update or remove several of our papers when there are changes to the way of calculating housing need and a 5 year land supply. 

Amendments to Use Class Order 2020

The Use Classes Order from 1st September 2020 is to be changed substantially and Lichfields have produced a useful guide to the changes.

Join the discussion on the PAS Forum.

Covid-19 - Planning Policy Officers discuss plan making during the lockdown:

The government has encouraged Local Planning Authorities (LPAs) to continue their plan making activities during the Covid-19 crisis - we asked 3 policy policy planners to discuss the particular challenges they are facing. We are very grateful to: 

  • Toby Forbes-Turner (Lincoln)
  • Nichola Watters (Rother)
  • Grant Rainey (Gateshead)
  • David Coleman (DAC Planning)

Local Plan Route Mapper & Toolkit - reviewing and updating local plan policies

We have produced a new freely available tool and support to help local authorities to review and update Local Plan policies.

Councillor Briefing - Local Plan Production

This is for councillors leading the production of the local plan. It looks at the main aspects of the plan-making process, sets out the key plan-making principles and steps that authorities need to take in order to get a robust plan in place.