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...

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.

2024年12月13日 · The government response highlighted three key areas that respondents had raised related to flood risk: the sequential test, SuDS, and natural flood management. Whilst the consultation earlier in the year did not specify any changes, modest modifications have been made to the NPPF around flooding.

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...

The new requirement for development in the setting of designated landscapes to be sensitively located and designed is welcomed but should also apply within designated landscapes. The wording of new paragraphs 175 and 176 should be amended to reflect these recommendations, using the suggested wording provided in Appendix 1 of this response.

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.

2025年2月13日 · The current version of the NPPF (December 2024) sets out the test at paragraphs 174 and 175, which are not materially different from paragraph 162 of the July 2021 version.

NPPF paragraph 175 requires the LPA to ensure CIL should “support and incentivise new development” and this reflects the Housing Growth Agenda and Ministerial Statement of 6 September 2012....

4.2 The NPPF (2019) requires that, when determining planning applications, local planning authorities should apply the principle that ‘opportunities to incorporate biodiversity improvements in...

We welcome the opportunity to submit evidence on the operation of the first two years of National Planning Policy Framework, in particular the impact of the framework on planning for housing, town centres and energy infrastructure. We have consulted with our member councils and network of county associations, receiving a large number of responses.