Revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) for England issued

The revised National Planning Policy Framework sets out government’s planning policies for England and how these are expected to be applied.

image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities writes:

The National Planning Policy Framework was revised in response to the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill: reforms to national planning policy consultation on 19 December 2023 and sets out the government’s planning policies for England and how these are expected to be applied.

On 5 September 2023 the Secretary of State for the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities issued a written ministerial statement to update policy on planning for onshore wind development in England.

This revised Framework replaces the previous National Planning Policy Framework published in March 2012, revised in July 2018, updated in February 2019, revised in July 2021 and updated in September 2023…

Read more….

See the NPPF Download

See the online searchable version of the revised National Planning Policy Framework is also available.

See the planning practice guidance to support the framework is published online.

See the written ministerial statement to update policy on planning for onshore wind development in England

See the Historic England Planning Bulletin

This entry was posted in Sector NewsBlog. Bookmark the permalink.