Summary Changes to The NPPF

Last week the Government published the newest version of the NPPF. Replete with substantial changes, this document could prove to be the solution to the UK’s housing woes, if Government rhetoric is to be believed. Certainly, the latest NPPF constitutes a significant departure from the previous iteration, with 810 changes made, following over 10,000 responses to the Government’s draft consultation earlier this year.

FTB’s tenants, Gabriel Nelson and Armin Solimani, have produced a chapter-by-chapter overview of the major changes to the document. Particular areas of significant change include the housing need assessment, Green Belt policy and an amended “tilted balance” test.

As the piece concludes, conceptually, the ideas in the new NPPF are bold and inventive. Now they require practical implementation.

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