A revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) was published on 12TH December 2024 following the government’s consultation on the proposed reforms to the NPPF and other changes to the planning system. The updates to the NPPF make a number of alterations to the text of the Framework and also includes updates to the planning practice...Read More

The Government has launched a consultation on proposed changes to the NPPF in order to achieve sustainable growth in the planning system and to deliver the governments commitments to achieve economic growth and deliver 1.5 million new homes in this Parliament. The consultation also seeks views on wider policy proposals in relation to increasing planning...Read More

With the aim of boosting the supply of new homes and making the best use of land, the government has announced that every council in England will be told to prioritise brownfield developments and instructed to be more flexible in applying policies that halt housebuilding on brownfield land. A consultation on the proposed policy changes...Read More

The government has published a consultation on proposed changes to several existing permitted development rights set out in the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015. The consultation description states the proposals aim to  “provide householders with further flexibility to meet the needs of growing families and maximise the potential of existing...Read More

To further support housing supply, the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015, the ‘GPDO’, has been amended to make changes to the permitted development rights that permits the change of use of commercial, business and service uses within use class E to dwellinghouses. The changes remove the limit on the cumulative...Read More