THE TERRIER THE JOURNAL OF ACES - THE ASSOCIATION OF CHIEF ESTATES SURVEYORS & PROPERTY MANAGERS IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR VOLUME 17 - ISSUE 2 - SUMMER 2012
Welcome to the Summer Terrier
Betty Albon
This edition features the RICS Guidance on Financial Viability in Planning. I have a lead article written by Robert Fourt of Gerald Eve, who was a member of the Working Party that produced the RICS Guidance Note “Financial Viability in Planning” and was also a member of the viability working group that fed into the Local Housing Delivery Group advice for “Viability Testing Local Plans”, chaired by Sir John Harman. I am grateful to Robert and the RICS for stepping up to the mark. This provides a taster for an area of work which many ACES members are likely to become increasingly involved in. Personally, I am very keen that we do – viability and development appraisals are not something which our planning colleagues should try to tackle on their own.
To accompany the knotty issue of financial viability under the National Planning Policy Framework, there are a number of articles about the Community Infrastructure Levy, including a very useful summary of the CIL Regulations provided by Caroline Bywater of Mills & Reeve, and some practical implications of applying CIL; a partnership initiative in my home county of Suffolk for Section 106 guidance for developers; and advice about how we should deal with a one- off major infrastructure project.
The Portas Review continues to cause a stir. The RICS has recently launched its new business leases. I hope to feature progress on this in the next edition. Meanwhile, there is a thought provoking feature about whether Portas can be successful by using CPOs in regenerating our high streets, or has the world moved on? And a contrary view that the public sector can be instrumental in initiating successful redevelopment in our town centres.
This edition also includes an invitation from John Connell to comment on the government’s proposals to increase transparency for property information; there is the ACES
THE TERRIER - Summer 2012 CONTENTS
ACES National ACES Spring Conference - M Perry...................................................04 ACES Spring Conference – D Albon.................................................07 ACES Council meeting – A Wearmouth..........................................10 Membership news – T Foster..............................................................13
Professional Financial Viability in Planning – R Fourt.........................................14 CIL: Viability – G Emmerson................................................................17 CIL: Regulations – C Bywater..............................................................19 CIL: Making it work – D Webb............................................................23 Commuted sums for affordable housing – P Morley................25 Kel Delta software – O Freedman.....................................................28 Section 106 Developers’ Guide – N McManus.............................29 Infrastructure Planning – D Brock....................................................32 Property Data – J Connell....................................................................34 Town centres - retail led CPOs – S Edwards.................................36 Town Centres - retail led schemes – P Ellis....................................40 Housing development: The Framer – J Sadek.............................46 Modern role for estate managers – S Robinson.........................47 Asset management game – J Howgego.......................................50 Community asset transfer – J Forbes.............................................53 Manorial Rights – A Paul.....................................................................54
Branches news......................................................................................57
Other interest areas Gliding – R Lee........................................................................................61 Suffolk Scribbler......................................................................................63 Toilets asset management..................................................................65
Spring Conference round-up and news from ACES branches, plus some interesting features on a range of topics submitted by ACES members and our colleagues from the private sector.
There’s certainly lots of reading material as we approach high summer (had you noticed?).
Cover photo: Cannon Hall, left to right: Steve Pick, Councillor Steve Houghton, Carol Summers, Daniella Barrow, Heather McManus, Anna Hutchings, David Barrow, and Tom Fleming
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