This practitioner learning paper sets out the leadership findings from our pilot testing of the Multifunctional Land Use Framework (MLUF) process in Devon and Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority.

The key themes from the paper indicate what future policymakers should consider when implementing a MLUF:

• Stakeholders in Devon and Cambridgeshire saw the opportunity to save on effort and expenditure by joining up land use decision-making with a strong leadership commitment.
• Stakeholders found that a MLUF could act as an enabler for existing processes, rather than impeding or duplicating existing work, and want to understand how existing statutory instruments will integrate with it.
• There is a strong appetite for change across both counties and disciplines. Ensuring When citizens feel their work is recognised and valued this improves is important to improving the ‘political’ context in which complex decisions can be made.
• The success of county MLUF will rely on their statutory weight.
• Expert facilitation is essential to delivering county Multifunctional Land Use Frameworks.

Explore our other MLUF learning papers on Data & Evidence and Scope & Scale, and our Case Study Collection.