2012年3月27日 · The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) was first published on 27 March 2012 and updated on 24 July 2018, 19 February 2019, 20 July 2021, 5 September...

2024年12月20日 · The new NPPF has confirmed that the sequential test is here to stay for sites at risk of flooding from surface water (and all other sources). We are also now clear that site-specific FRAs cannot rely on active mitigation measures to avoid undertaking the sequential test, where one would otherwise be required.

It should help to: shape places in ways that contribute to radical reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, minimise vulnerability and improve resilience; encourage the reuse of existing resources,...

Aegaea have been supporting many clients on Sequential Test work; and with the recent changes in the NPPF including the revised Paragraph 175 alongside the National Flood Risk Standing Advice to Local Authorities on the sequential test, it has changed the landscape and approach.

The National Planning Policy Framework sets out the Government’s planning policies for England and how these should be applied1. It provides a framework within which locally-prepared plans can...

2024年12月13日 · Of those who responded to the consultation question on flood risk, 88% felt that changes were needed to policy for managing flood risk to improve its effectiveness. The government response highlighted three key areas that respondents had raised related to flood risk: the sequential test, SuDS, and natural flood management.

2024年12月17日 · The sequential test still stands so that new development should be steered towards the areas with the lowest risk of flooding from any source (paragraph 175). However, a new exception has been included where a sequential test …

2024年12月16日 · The new definition of “sustainable drainage system” requires such systems to account for the predicated impacts of climate change. Paragraph 182 increases the policy reach for requiring sustainable drainage systems from “major developments” (former paragraph 175) to all applications “which could affect drainage on or around the site ...

A new paragraph 175 applies a helpful change to the requirement for a sequential test in areas of risk of flooding. This paragraph states that a sequential test will be required only where new development itself would be within an area of risk of flooding, rather than also land allocated as open space or required for BNG mitigation.

2024年12月19日 · The revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), part of the Government’s manifesto commitment to deliver 1.5 million homes, introduces significant changes which seek to accelerate planning reform and address Britain’s housing shortage.