Closed consultation

Proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework and other changes to the planning system

From:
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Published
30 July 2024
Last updated
24 September 2024 — See all updates

Applies to England

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Summary

This consultation is seeking views on our proposed approach to revising the NPPF. It also seeks views on a series of wider national planning policy reforms.

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Consultation description

This consultation seeks views on our proposed approach to revising the National Planning Policy Framework in order to achieve sustainable growth in our planning system.

We are also seeking views on a series of wider policy proposals in relation to increasing planning fees, local plan intervention criteria and appropriate thresholds for certain Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects.

Draft National Planning Policy Framework

The National Planning Policy Framework document below is a draft document and intentionally sets out the proposed amendments as tracked changes. View the current operational National Planning Policy Framework.

Documents

Proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework and other changes to the planning system

HTML

National Planning Policy Framework: draft text for consultation

PDF, 1.13 MB, 84 pages

Outcome of the proposed revised method

ODS, 31.9 KB

This file is in an OpenDocument format

Changing our planning rules: What do you think? (Easy read)

PDF, 17.4 MB, 109 pages

Updates to this page

Published 30 July 2024
Last updated 24 September 2024 + show all updates

  1. Easy read version added.

  2. Paragraph 76 footnotes corrected.

  3. First published.

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