Land Use Maps

Responsible stewardship with society’s prosperity

Imagine if society worked together to get what it wants, if policymakers had joined-up plans that work and if industry created prosperity as responsible stewards. At the moment, those statements don’t ring true. At least, not consistently yet. But they could. Right now, communities feel uninvolved or unheard, policymakers grapple with a broken planning system that is fragmented and outdated and industry tries to implement government policy where commercial incentives are misaligned to the land use preferences demanded by society.

But, there is a way forward. A way in which communities can become more engaged, more participative and more influential. Where policymakers have fit-for-purpose local planning tools and where industry has financial incentives to create green jobs, growth and prosperity. That way forward is the new “Land Use Map” – a crucial piece of a complex planning jigsaw, enabling land use planning by local communities, councils and commerce in a way that helps them to reclaim their voice and be heard as active participants in the UK government’s “Clean Power 2030 Action Plan” and as enablers of the emerging national and regional strategic energy plans from the National Energy System Operator (NESO).