Category Archives: National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) (updates)

The government publishes its (partial) response to the consultation (which ran until 02/03/2023) relating to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) …

The government has published the following (partial) response to the consultation titled "Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill - reforms to national planning policy" (which ran for 10 weeks from 22/12/2022 until 02/03/2023): Continue reading

DLUHC publishes its “Planning Update Newsletter” (11 September 2023) …

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) has published the following "Planning Update Newsletter": Continue reading

DLUHC publishes its “Planning Update Newsletter” (13 January 2023) …

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) has published the following "Planning Update Newsletter": Continue reading

The government publishes a consultation (until 02/03/2023) relating to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) …

[UPDATE: For the subsequent government response to this consultation, please view the following posts:
- This post for the response document relating to onshore wind.]

The government has published the following consultation, which runs for 10 weeks from 22/12/2022 until 02/03/2023: Continue reading

DLUHC publishes its “Planning Update Newsletter” (17 November 2021) …

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) has published the following "Planning Update Newsletter": Continue reading

MHCLG publishes its “Planning Update Newsletter” (21 July 2021) …

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has published the following "Planning Update Newsletter": Continue reading

IMPORTANT: The government updates the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) (July 2021) …

[NOTE: For other updates to the NPPF, please view the following posts:
- This (pdf) for the March 2012 NPPF.
- This post for the July 2018 updates.
- This post for the February 2019 updates.
- This post for the June 2019 updates.
- This post for the July 2021 updates.
]

The government has published the following updated version of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) on 20/07/2021: Continue reading

IMPORTANT: The government updates the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) (February 2019, as amended in June 2019) …

[NOTE: For other updates to the NPPF, please view the following posts:
- This (pdf) for the March 2012 NPPF.
- This post for the July 2018 updates.
- This post for the February 2019 updates.
- This post for the June 2019 updates.
- This post for the July 2021 updates.
]

The government has published the following updated version of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) on 19/06/2019: Continue reading

IMPORTANT: The government updates the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) (February 2019) …

[NOTE: For other updates to the NPPF, please view the following posts:
- This (pdf) for the March 2012 NPPF.
- This post for the July 2018 updates.
- This post for the February 2019 updates.
- This post for the June 2019 updates.
- This post for the July 2021 updates.
]

The government has published the following updated version of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) on 19/02/2019: Continue reading

The government publishes its response to the consultation relating to the standard method for assessing local housing need …

[UPDATE: For the subsequent updates to the NPPF relating to this consultation, please view this post.]

The government has published the following response to the consultation titled "Technical consultation on updates to national planning policy and guidance" (which ran for 6 weeks from 26/10/2018 until 07/12/2018): Continue reading

IMPORTANT: The government updates the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) (July 2018) …

[NOTE: For other updates to the NPPF, please view the following posts:
- This (pdf) for the March 2012 NPPF.
- This post for the July 2018 updates.
- This post for the February 2019 updates.
- This post for the June 2019 updates.
- This post for the July 2021 updates.
]

The government has published the following updated version of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) on 24/07/2018: Continue reading

The government publishes its response to the consultation relating to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) …

[UPDATE: For the subsequent updates to the NPPF relating to this consultation, please view this post.]

The government has published the following response to the consultation titled "National Planning Policy Framework - Consultation proposals" (which ran for 9 1/2 weeks from 05/03/2018 until 10/05/2018): Continue reading

The government publishes a consultation (until 10/05/2018) relating to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) …

[UPDATE: For the subsequent government response to this consultation, please view this post.]

The government has published the following consultation, which runs for 9 1/2 weeks from 05/03/2018 until 10/05/2018: Continue reading

The government publishes its response to the consultation within the “Fixing our broken housing market – White Paper” …

[UPDATE: For the subsequent legislation relating to this consultation, please view the following posts:
- This post for the legislation relating to permitted development.]

[UPDATE: For the subsequent updates to the NPPF relating to this consultation, please view this post.]

The government has published the following response to the consultation within the "Fixing our broken housing market - White Paper" (which ran for 12 weeks from 07/02/2017 until 02/05/2017), as well as to the further consultation relating to agricultural PD rights (which ran for 12 weeks from 07/02/2017 to 02/05/2017): Continue reading

The government publishes its response to the “Planning for the right homes in the right places” consultation …

[UPDATE: For the subsequent updates to the NPPF relating to this consultation, please view this post.]

The government has published the following response to the consultation titled "Planning for the right homes in the right places" (which ran for 8 weeks from 14/09/2017 until 09/11/2017): Continue reading

The government publishes the “Fixing our broken housing market – White Paper”, which includes a consultation (until 02/05/2017) on a range of planning proposals …

[UPDATE: For the subsequent government response to this consultation, please view the following posts:
- This post for the response document relating to most aspects of the consultation document.
- This post for the response document relating to local planning (note: the response is shown within section 8 of the "Explanatory Memorandum to SI 2017 No. 1244").
- This post for the response document relating to fees (note: the response is shown within section 8 of the "Explanatory Memorandum to SI 2017 No. 1314").
- This post for the response document relating to the General Regulations 1992.]

The government has published the following White Paper, which includes a consultation that runs for 12 weeks from 07/02/2017 until 02/05/2017: Continue reading