Builders and UK landlords welcome the Government’s proposed changes to planning laws.
The new National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) is a presumption in favour of sustainable economic development, bringing much joy to construction groups.
Monday’s publication of Government plans for a radical overhaul of the UK’s planning regime involved tearing up 1000 pages and putting just 52 pages in their place.
As a significant step forward for creating the right conditions for businesses to start ups, invest, grow and create jobs and giving local communities the power to protect green spaces, it seems the changes to the planning law are a welcome improvement.
According to Julian Glover at the Guardian:
“Britain is going to have to build if our growing, ageing population is going to have a roof over its head.”
For the planning system delivering sustainable development means:
• planning for prosperity – use the planning system to build a strong, responsive and competitive economy, by ensuring that sufficient land is available to allow growth and innovation.
• planning for people – use the planning system to promote strong, vibrant and healthy communities, by providing an increased supply of housing to meet the needs of present and future generations.
• planning for places – use the planning system to protect and enhance our natural, built and historic environment.
According to director-general, Dame Fiona Reynolds of the National Trust, the nation’s biggest landowner:
“Planning is for people, not for profit.”
“This finally sounds the death-knell to the principle established in the 1940s that the planning system should be used to protect what is most special in the landscape, creating a tool to promote economic growth in its stead.”
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