Item10Appendix1PPFreport

Cairngorms Nation­al Park Author­ity Ügh­dar­ras Pàirc Nàiseanta a’ Mhon­aidh Ruaidh

Item 10 10 Novem­ber 2023

Agenda item 10

Appendix 1

Plan­ning Per­form­ance Frame­work Report (PPF)

April 2022 to March 2023

PER­FORM­ANCE MARK­ERS REPORT 2022 – 23

Name of plan­ning author­ity: Cairngorms Nation­al Park Authority

The High Level Group on Per­form­ance agreed a set of per­form­ance mark­ers. We have assessed your report against those mark­ers to give an indic­a­tion of pri­or­ity areas for improve­ment action. The high level group will mon­it­or and eval­u­ate how the key mark­ers have been repor­ted and the value which they have added.

The Red, Amber, Green rat­ings are based on the evid­ence provided with­in the PPF reports. Where no inform­a­tion or insuf­fi­cient evid­ence has been provided, a ​‘red’ mark­ing has been alloc­ated. No. | Per­form­ance Mark­er | RAG rat­ing | Com­ments — — -| — — — — — — — — — — — | — — — — — — | — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1 | Decision-mak­ing: con­tinu­ous | Green | Major Applic­a­tions | reduc­tion of aver­age times­cales for | | You did not determ­ine any major applic­a­tions dur­ing ²⁰²²⁄₂₃. | all devel­op­ment cat­egor­ies [Q1 — | | RAG = N/A | Q4] | | | | | | Loc­al (Non-House­hold­er) Applic­a­tions | | | | Your aver­age times­cale of 7.6 weeks is slower than last year | | | | but faster than the Scot­tish aver­age and faster than the | | | | statuory times­cale. | | | | RAG = Green | | | | | | | | House­hold­er Applic­a­tions | | | | You did not determ­ine any house­hold­er applic­a­tions dur­ing | | | | ²⁰²²⁄₂₃. | | | | RAG = N/A 2 | Pro­cessing agree­ments: | Green | Over­all RAG = Green | • offer to all pro­spect­ive | | You offer pro­cessing agree­ments for all applic­a­tions and it is | applic­ants for major | | noted that uptake is high with around 93% of applic­a­tions | devel­op­ment plan­ning | | determ­ined through the use of a pro­cessing agree­ment. | applic­a­tions; and | | RAG = Green | • avail­ab­il­ity pub­li­cised on | | | web­site | | The avail­ab­il­ity of pro­cessing agree­ments is advert­ised on | | | | your web­site. | | | | RAG = Green | | | | | | | | Over­all Rat­ing = Green 3 | Early col­lab­or­a­tion with applic­ants | Green | You have provided a range of case stud­ies where the pre- | and con­sul­tees | | applic­a­tion ser­vice has been util­ised by the applic­ant. | • avail­ab­il­ity and pro­mo­tion | | RAG = Green | of pre-applic­a­tion | | | dis­cus­sions for all | | You have provided examples of how the pre-applic­a­tion | pro­spect­ive applic­a­tions; | | ser­vice helped refine details of a pro­pos­al by request­ing | and | | more sup­port­ing inform­a­tion to help pre­pare a more | • clear and pro­por­tion­ate | | com­pre­hens­ive plan­ning applic­a­tion which was approved. | requests for sup­port­ing | | RAG = Green | inform­a­tion | | 4 | Leg­al agree­ments: con­clude (or | Green | Over­all RAG = Green | recon­sider) applic­a­tions after | | Dur­ing ²⁰²²⁄₂₃ you did not determ­ine any applic­a­tions with | resolv­ing to grant per­mis­sion | | leg­al agree­ments. | redu­cing num­ber of live | | | applic­a­tions more than 6 months | | | after res­ol­u­tion to grant (from last | | | report­ing peri­od) | | 5 | Enforce­ment charter updated / re- | Green | You updated your enforce­ment charter in Decem­ber 2022 | pub­lished with­in last 2 years | | which is with­in the last 2 years

6 | Con­tinu­ous improve­ment: | Green | You have com­pleted 4 out of the 8 improve­ment | • pro­gress ambi­tious and | | com­mit­ments, with an addi­tion­al 3 par­tially com­pleted. It is | rel­ev­ant ser­vice | | noted that one of the com­mit­ments was not pro­gressed due | improve­ment com­mit­ments | | to staff­ing issues. | iden­ti­fied through PPF | | | report | | You have iden­ti­fied 6 com­mit­ments for the fol­low­ing year, | | | | one being car­ried on from the pre­vi­ous year. 7 | Loc­al devel­op­ment plan less than | Green | Your LDP is 2 years old at the end of the report­ing peri­od | 5 years since adop­tion | | which is with­in 5 years since adop­tion. 8 | Devel­op­ment plan scheme – next | Green | In Sum­mer 2022 you set out the Devel­op­ment Plan Scheme | LDP: | | for the next LDP. You have stated you will update the | • pro­ject planned and | | scheme to reflect the adop­tion of NPF4 and new reg­u­la­tions. | expec­ted to be delivered to | | | planned times­cale | | 9 | LDP Engage­ment: | N/A | As your latest LDP was recently adop­ted, no engage­ment & | • stake­hold­ers includ­ing | | has com­menced on the next LDP. 10 | Elec­ted Mem­bers, industry, | | | agen­cies, the pub­lic and | | | Scot­tish Gov­ern­ment are | | | engaged appro­pri­ately | | | through all key stages of | | | devel­op­ment plan | | | pre­par­a­tion. | | 11 | Policy Advice | Green | In the report­ing peri­od, you have con­tin­ued to pro­duce up to | • Pro­duc­tion of rel­ev­ant and | | date policy advice, includ­ing the adop­tion of sup­ple­ment­ary | up to date policy advice | | guid­ance on Developer Oblig­a­tions and Hous­ing as well as | | | | the Nation­al Park Part­ner­ship Plan. 12 | Cor­por­ate work­ing across | Green | You have recently appoin­ted a plan­ning eco­lo­gic­al advice | ser­vices to improve out­puts and | | offer to provide ded­ic­ated sup­port to the plan­ning team to | ser­vices for cus­tom­er bene­fit (for | | eval­u­ate envir­on­ment­al impacts as well as provide joint pre- | example: pro­to­cols; joined-up | | applic­a­tion advice to oth­er author­it­ies when an applic­a­tion is | ser­vices; single con­tact | | called into the Nation­al Park. | arrange­ments; joint pre-applic­a­tion | | | advice) | | 13 | Shar­ing good prac­tice, skills and | Green | You have provided a range of examples where you are | know­ledge between author­it­ies | | involved in shar­ing good prac­tice between author­it­ies | | | | includ­ing being act­ive in the RTPI North of Scot­land and | | | | Grampi­an chapters as well as par­ti­cip­ate in the North of | | | | Scot­land Devel­op­ment Plans For­um. 14 | Stalled sites / leg­acy cases: | Green | There were no leg­acy cases remain­ing at the end of the | con­clu­sion or with­draw­al of old | | report­ing peri­od. | plan­ning applic­a­tions and redu­cing | | | num­ber of live applic­a­tions more | | | than one year old | | 15 | Developer con­tri­bu­tions: clear | Green | Your LDP provides expect­a­tions with regards to developer | and pro­por­tion­ate expect­a­tions | | oblig­a­tions (con­tri­bu­tions) and you have recently updated | • set out in devel­op­ment plan | | your developer oblig­a­tions and hous­ing sup­ple­ment­ary | (and/​or emer­ging plan); | | guid­ance. | and | | RAG = Green | • in pre-applic­a­tion | | | dis­cus­sions | | You have noted that you provide inform­a­tion on developer | | | | con­tri­bu­tions dur­ing pre-applic­a­tion dis­cus­sions where | | | | neces­sary. | | | | RAG = Green | | | | | | | | Over­all RAG = Green

CAIRNGORMS NATION­AL PARK AUTHOR­ITY Per­form­ance against Key Markers

Mark­er	13 – 14	14 – 15	15 – 16	16 – 17	17 – 18	18 – 19	19 – 20	20 – 21	21 – 22	22 – 23
1 Decision mak­ing timescales
2 Pro­cessing agreements
3 Early collaboration
4 Leg­al agreements
5 Enforce­ment charter
6 Con­tinu­ous improvement
7 Loc­al devel­op­ment plan
8 Devel­op­ment plan scheme
9 LDP Early Engage­ment & 10	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
11 Reg­u­lar and pro­por­tion­ate advice to sup­port applications
12 Cor­por­ate work­ing across services
13 Shar­ing good prac­tice, skills and knowledge
14 Stalled sites/​legacy cases
15 Developer contributions

Over­all Mark­ings (total num­bers for red, amber and green)

2013 – 14	3	5	5
2014 – 15	0	6	7
2015 – 16	0	1	12
2016 – 17	2	3	10
2017 – 18	0	2	13
2018 – 19	1	0	12
2019 – 20	0	2	11
2020 – 21	0	1	12
2021 – 22	0	0	13
2022 – 23	0	0	13

Decision Mak­ing Times­cales (weeks)

	13 – 14	14 – 15	15 – 16	16 – 17	17 – 18	18 – 19	19 – 20	20 – 21	21 – 22	22 – 23	2022 – 23 Scot­tish Average
Major Devel­op­ment	251.0	130.9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	39.5
Loc­al (Non-House­hold­er) Development	19.4	22.2	14.6	70.8	13.1	18.6	16.0	13.0	6.8	7.6	14.4
House­hold­er Development	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8.9