About this episode
At the kind invitation of Landmark Chambers and Town Legal, Sam Stafford was in London this week to contribute to a seminar on the NPPF update, which, eagle-eyed 50 Shades Listeners no doubt spotted, emerged as part of a cavalcade of Planning Reform Day announcements before Christmas.
The seminar was over-subscribed and so was recorded in order that it could be shared more widely as a podcast.
This episode features:
Rupert Warren KC talking about the implications of the NPPF for housing delivery, taking in the standard method, the cities uplift and the changes around five and four year land supply;Anjoli Foster talking about the impact of the NPPF on plan-making, taking in Green Belt, transitional arrangements and the impact of this new version on plans that have paused, as well as soundness;Meeta Kaur talking about the NPPF changes that relate to design and beauty, small sites and community-led housing, retirement housing and agricultural land;Simon Ricketts talking about the linkages between the NPPF and the Levelling Up & Regeneration Act, with his observations on what provisions of the latter we make pay the closest attention to; andSam talking waffle.
Some accompanying reading.
Reforms to national planning policy
https://committees.parliament.uk/work/7281/reforms-to-national-planning-policy/
Reforms to national planning policy report: government response
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/reforms-to-national-planning-policy-report-government-response
Changes to 5YHLS under the revised NPPF: Not Great, Not Terrible
https://lichfields.uk/blog/2023/december/20/changes-to-5yhls-under-the-revised-nppf-not-great-not-terrible
Four out of Five
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/four-out-five-josef-cannon-ugqje/
Local Plan Preparation: Barriers and Opportunities
https://www.rtpi.org.uk/policy-and-research/research/local-pla
