Introduction

• Overall scope of change
• Legislative changes
• Policy changes
• Investment choices
• Truth or consequences

Overall scope

• Number of ministers
• Radical change
• New Act
• Policy overload
• Aims?

Legislative changes (I)

• Regional planning
• Development plan
• Sustainable development

Legislative changes (II)

• Local development orders
• Standard forms
• Additional information
  - Design
  - Access

Legislative changes (III)

• Planning contributions
• Barker report?
• Compulsory purchase

Policy changes

• Planning benefits
• Retail policy
• Trunk road policy
• CPO policy
• Barker (again)?

Investment choices

• Planning grant
• Sustainable communities
• English Partnerships
• Civil Service offices
• Transport investment

Truth or consequences

• Level of coherence?
• Level of integration?
• An accidental success?

Conclusions

• Change in culture
• Change in the focus of industry
• Too little structural change of genuine benefit