All National Planning Policy Framework articles
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In FocusThe 1.5 million-home question: Does the government’s planning reform programme add up?
Ministers unleashed a barrage of planning reforms in the dying days of 2024. Joey Gardiner asks if these can give the industry the boost it needs to get anywhere close to the government’s ambitious housebuilding target?
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NewsNPPF consultation responses show widespread support for proposed changes
Built environment organisations suggest more support for SMEs and clearer language
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In FocusA boost for housebuilding or an ill-defined gimmick?: Labour’s ‘grey belt’ plans explained
Labour hopes its rebrand of ‘ugly’ green belt land will help. But will it work?
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NewsHBF decries ‘capitulation to NIMBYs’ as Gove prepares to scrap greenbelt housebuilding targets
New NPPF rules expected to be announced this week
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NewsNational Planning Barometer reveals system is in grip of ‘perfect storm’
The survey by SEC Newgate has been conducted this year for the first time since before the pandemic
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NewsEpsom & Ewell latest council to pause local plan
The Surrey local authority wants more time to look for brownfield sites
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NewsAnother council delays local plan after Gove planning climbdown
West Suffolk Council to delay consultation by months
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NewsMore councils halt local plans in wake of Gove planning climbdown
North Somerset Council and Gedling Borough Council change tack on local plans
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NewsSurrey council proposes removing green belt sites from its draft plan
Mole Valley Council mulls change in wake of Michael Gove’s pre-Christmas planning climbdown