The NPPF Six Years On

On 5 March 2018 the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government published a revised text of the National Planning Policy Framework (the draft NPPF) alongside a raft of other supporting documents, government responses and further  consultations, including the revised Planning Practice Guidance text. The government has said that it intends to publish the final version of the NPPF 'before the summer', indicating that few changes are expected to be made as a result of the consultation. Rachael Herbert considers the main proposed changes in the draft NPPF and whether these will be sufficient to deal with the housing crisis.

This article was first published in Property Law Journal (May 2018) and is also available at www.lawjournals.co.uk.