Delays with Planning & Highways Agreements

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Solicitor - in-house local authority
Solicitor - primarily acts for local authorities
Solicitor - primarily acts for developers
Planning Officer - local authority
Planning Consultant - acting for developer
Highways Officer - local authority
Highways Consultant - acting for developer
Developer
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In which area of the UK do you typically work?
Scotland
Wales
Northern Ireland
England - North East
England - North West
England - Yorkshire and the Humber
England - East Midlands
England - West Midlands
England - London
England - South East
England - South West
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Have you experienced increasing delays in completing planning and/or highway agreements?
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No
N/A - not my field
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In your view, what is the cause of delays in completing these agreements? (please select order of primary causes)
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Resourcing issues (please provide brief details on next page)
Existing templates (please provide brief details on next page)
Unreasonable negotiation positions (please provide brief details on next page)
Failure or refusal to use modern technology (docusign etc.) (please provide brief details on next page)
Delay commencing negotiations (please provide brief details on next page)
Other (please provide brief details on next page)
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In your view, what are the solutions to achieving a shorter negotiation period?
Nationally accepted precedent planning & highways agreement drafting (as has been achieved by the water industry / s.104)
Targets for completing planning & highways agreement
Outsourcing
Appeal mechanism where the parties reach an impasse
Changing engrained practices (i.e. when negotiations begin, use of docusign etc) (please provide details)
The use of Artificial Intelligence tools
Other
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Would you be interested in discussing your views and ideas further? If so, please provide your contact details.
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