Planning performance agreements (PPAs)

Planning performance agreements (PPAs) are useful in setting out an efficient and transparent process for determining large or complex planning applications.

They encourage joint working between the applicant and local planning authority and can also help to bring together other parties such as statutory consultees.

They allow the developer and the local planning authority to agree a project plan and programme which will include the appropriate resources necessary to determine the planning application or pre-application master plan within a defined timetable.

PPA protocol and fee schedule

PPA protocolfee charging schedule, PPA template and Inception meeting template have been produced to let prospective applicants, developers and agents understand how the council deals with PPAs.

Prospective applicants and agents should study the protocol to see whether the circumstances of their scheme would benefit from such an agreement. The process will start with early engagement through an Inception meeting which can then progress to a full Planning Performance Agreement.

 

Contact the planning applications team

Phone lines are open: 9am - 5pm Monday to Thursday and 9am - 4:30pm Friday

Telephone: 01732 876230

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