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APPENDIX 2 - LETTER AND QUESTIONNAIRE SENT TO CONSULTEES
This is a copy of the letter and questionnaire referred to in 1.16 of the report, which was sent to those identified as 'key stakeholders':
- RICS
- Communities Scotland
- Scottish Water
- Transport Scotland
- SEPA
15 March 2007
Our ref: SCEE1000
Email: nmartin@turleyassociates.co.uk
Dear
SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT: RESEARCH INTO THE EFFECTIVENESS OF HOUSING LAND AUDITS.
Turley associates have been appointed by the Executive to undertake the above research to identify good practice and areas in need of improvement. We have identified your organisation as having a role in the consideration and production of the Audit and would welcome your views on the process, output and application of the Audits within Scotland.
In approaching this subject, the starting point has to be to deliver an adequate and continuous supply of effective housing land across Scotland, this being a principal objective of national planning policy. The key to understanding whether or not this objective is being achieved is then the Housing Land Audit.
However, the recognition is that there is currently significant disparity between the quality and content of Audits across the country. If housing supply is not properly understood, this jeopardises the objective of meeting housing needs and producing responsive housing land allocation policies.
I have noted down some queries on the attached questionnaire to which I would be grateful to receive your views. If there are other matters relating to the Audits on which you would wish to comment, please pass these through to me also.
In order to meet our reporting schedule, I would be grateful of you could complete and return the attached questionnaire by 30 March 2007. If you would wish to discuss this project further, do not hesitate to contact me.
Yours
Neil Martin
SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
RESEARCH ON EFFECTIVENESS OF HOUSING LAND AUDITS IN MONITORING HOUSING LAND SUPPLY IN SCOTLAND
1. Do you / your organisation get involved in the preparation of Housing Land Audits? YES / NO (*)
2. If you don't get involved at present in the formulation of Housing Land Audits, do you think that you / your organisation should play a role and what would that constitute?
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3. How does / would your organisation make use of the information contained within a Housing Land Audit?
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4. What input do you presently have to the Housing Land Audit process?
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5. Do you find the Housing Land Audits you deal with easy to use / user friendly and do they provide all the information you need / expect?
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6. Do you think the Housing Land Audit is produced in a timeous fashion? YES / NO (*)
7. Do you generally agree / question the programming of completions that are shown in Housing Land Audits?
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8. Do you think the Audit should contain more or less information on site, perhaps details of past completions for each site or notable aspects of the Planning History?
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9. Do you think the Audit should be produced independently or at least be clearly distinct from the Policy team?
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10. Do you think the process could benefit from a separate analysis of the Audit that relates the findings to the Development Plan this perhaps also outlining the basis for future windfall land supply assumptions?
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11. Are there other matters that you would wish to raise in connection with the preparation of the Audits.
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Please return the completed questionnaires to:
Neil Martin,
Turley Associates,
32 Alva Street,
Edinburgh,
EH2 4PY(fax 0131 225 1500)
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