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A Framework for Growth
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Presumption in Favour of Sustainable Development
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A Plan-Led Positive Approach to Development
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Significantly Increasing the Supply of Housing
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Neighbourhood Plans, Localism, Consultation and Community
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Pro-active and Pro-Growth
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Streamlined Planning Policy Framework
The Coalition Government in July 2011 published its long-awaited draft of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), reducing around 1,000 pages of planning policy into a 52 page document. ..
The fundamental tenet of the new planning policy framework will be a presumption that development proposals which are clearly sustainable should be supported and planning permission granted. ..
The planning system in England has long operated under a plan-led approach, in which the policies and strategies set by development plans for an area form the starting point for considering the..
Housing, or rather the lack of it, remains arguably the single most significant issue facing the development sector within England and the attempts to address the shortfall were a key part of the..
The NPPF represents another stage in the significant steps the Coalition Government has sought to implement wide ranging changes to the Planning system in England and Wales. The formal..
A fundamental element of the new NPPF is the commitment to a pro-active and pro-growth agenda developed within the 2011 Budget’s Planning for Growth statement. The Planning System..
The Coalition Government, as with previous Conservative Governments, supports a roll-back of state intervention and the devolution of power to the local communities. How this will work in..