Sustainable Residential Development in Urban Areas

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Planning Guidelines
Chapter 8 Implementation
Introduction
8.0 The development plan, the local area plan, the development
management process and taking in charge of the area all have a role
to play in the creation of sustainable residential areas. The role of
forward planning has been outlined in Chapter 2.
Plan implementation teams
8.1 Planning authorities should consider the formation of an
implementation team with a project leader whose purpose is now to
roll out the development plan / local area plan objectives with a
particular emphasis on newly developing residential areas, or areas
requiring residential redevelopment. While this may have resource
implications it will facilitate the overall development plan process. It
is suggested that this team will include the relevant internal and
external service providers as required for the residential area. An
annual implementation programme should be prepared specifying
actions, lead agencies, monitoring programme and the timeframes for
actions. Consideration should be given to extending the remit of the
implementation programme to include a taking-in-charge schedule,
which would be applied to each phase of the development.
8.2 At the implementation stage, monitoring becomes important as it not
only clarifies what has been done and gives an awareness of what is
still required, but can also be used to give feedback, for example from
initial residents, so that the process is continually informed and the
residential development improved, if necessary. A creative and coordinated
approach with all service inputs can then be continually
developed which will facilitate the provision of social and physical
infrastructure.
Funding
8.3 In addition to development contribution schemes which apply to the
entire area of the planning authority, there may be a role for special