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ATLAS: Advisory Team for Large Applications
The Advisory Team for Large Applications (ATLAS) provides an independent advisory service to local planning authorities. An experienced and dedicated team, ATLAS works with local authorities and the private sector in helping to deliver quality, large-scale development. In particular, the team offers advice to local authorities that are experiencing the pressures of increased development activity in their area.
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ATLAS Guide The ATLAS Guide ( www.atlasplanning.com ) is a web-based tool for dealing with large, complex applications based on practical project experience and research. |
For more Information about ATLAS and the types of issues the team is able to deal with, visit the ATLAS website.
ATLAS is sponsored by Communities and Local Government and hosted by English Partnerships, as part of the Planning Advisory Service.
Planning Performance Agreements
ATLAS was commissioned by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister in 2005 to study the potential use of Planning Delivery Agreements to speed up and improve the quality of planning applications and development. This was then piloted across the country by the Planning Advisory Service with significant support from ATLAS.
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Download the Planning Delivery Agreements report from the Publications page. |
The concept of Planning Delivery Agreements is now being taken forward by the Government, with a name change to Planning Performance Agreements or “PPAs”, and they have been formally introduced into the planning system from 6 April 2008. They can be used for any major planning application, but are primarily aimed at complex development proposals requiring significant pre-application activity.
ATLAS has had a central role in the development of the PPA concept from the initial pilot onwards and in conjunction with CLG has produced a Guidance Note entitled “Implementing Planning Performance Agreements”, which provides further details of how these agreements can be established and how they will work for the benefit not only of local planning authorities and the applicant, but for other interested parties.
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Download Implementing Planning Performance Agreements document from the Publications page. |
Full details and guidance regarding PPA’s, including the free Inception Service offered by ATLAS, are available from the ATLAS website.
For more information about ATLAS please contact 01908 353912.
