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Planning Performance Agreements
Find out more about Planning Performance Agreements relating to major developments.
A Planning Performance Agreement(PPA) is an agreement between us and an applicant to provide a project management framework for handling an application through to determination.
This framework is intended to improve and speed up the planning process by committing both parties to an agreed timetable. It makes clear what level of resources and actions are required to ensure that all key planning issues are properly considered.
A PPA does not give a guarantee of planning permission. It is a process of considering development proposals and not the decision itself. It also relates to the process of negotiating and completing a legal agreement according to section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
Team of specialists
Led by your own case officer, a group of specialists from within our Planning Team will work alongside you, your agents and consultants to advise on the application. The team covers areas relevant to the application, from design to drainage, heritage to highways. When it is needed, we will also get input from Sussex Police, East Sussex Fire & Rescue Service, Southern Water, and other similar organisations.
Performance standards
The Planning Performance Agreement includes performance standards for speed of response, feedback and communications. The Application Determination Programme, which is agreed as part of the PPA Programme, provides a timeframe for determining the application.
Planning Performance Agreement template
Further information about PPAs, including the objectives, the services provided through the PPA and the costs involved, are set out in our PPA sample template.
Submitting a planning application and entering into a Planning Performance Agreement
If a planning application for a major development proposal is submitted without a Planning Performance Agreement, it will be determined without the extensive dialogue that a PPA enables. PPAs are managed outside of normal statutory timeframes and aim to improve both the quality of the application and of the finished development.
Fees
Planning Performance Agreements are a bespoke service and the cost of this service will be discussed on an individual basis depending on the specific requirements of the application and parties entering into the agreement.
Band
Category
Residential / commercial
Mixed use
A
10 - 25 residential units / 1,000m2 - 4,999m2 commercial development
£26,180
£28,910
B
26 - 99 residential units / 5,000m2 - 9,999m2 Commercial development
£35,450
£38,725
C
100 - 174 residential units / 10,000m2 - 17,499m2 commercial development
£40,350
£43,630
D
175 - 250 residential units / 17,500m2 - 24,499m2 commercial development
£49,625
£51,810
E
Over 250 residential units / 25,000m2 commercial development
Bespoke fee
Bespoke fee
Setting Up A PPA
If you would like to discuss setting up a Planning Performance Agreement with us, or to discuss your potential application and understand how a Planning Performance Agreements could benefit that, send an email to Planning.Applications@brighton-hove.gov.uk
Limitations and freedom of information
We will make every effort to ensure that the advice given in the pre-application process is as accurate as possible. However, any advice given by council officers for pre-application enquiries and PPAs does not constitute a formal response or decision of the council with regard to any future planning applications.
There is a possibility that, under the Environmental Information Regulations 2000 and/or the Freedom of Information Act 2000, the council will be asked by third parties to provide information regarding enquiries for pre-application advice and copies of any advice provided or correspondence entered into.
It will be for the council to decide whether information can be withheld if a request is made under these regulations and acts.
Generally, requests for disclosure relating to planning matters will fall within the scope of the Environmental Information Regulations. The starting point under the Regulations is that information which is held should be made available on request. Information that is disclosed under the regulations becomes publicly available.