FFCC has consulted on and researched Land Use Frameworks for a number of years. Our pilot programmes in Devon and Cambridgeshire show that a Multifunctional Land Use Framework (MLUF) offers the greatest potential to maximise delivery of social, economic and environmental objectives and align resources to provide public value and create a sustainable future. It is the optimal way to meet the many demands made of our country’s land.

This two-part paper sets out:

PART ONE: WHAT IS A MULTIFUNCTIONAL LAND USE FRAMEWORK AND WHY USE ONE?

We examine how a Multifunctional Land Use Framework can benefit decision makers, policy developers, strategic infrastructure planners, landowners, communities and the finance sector:

• The necessary elements of a successful MLUF: cross departmental and delivered through local mechanisms
• Evidence from MLUF pilots in Devon and Cambridgeshire that goes deeper into the ways of working and principles that underpin success
• A preview of three more detailed Learning Papers currently in production.

IN PART TWO, HOW TO GET STARTED IMPLEMENTING A MLUF

• A six-step high-level process for implementation
• Questions for a Multifunctional Land Use Framework Assessment