NPPF 2025 revision out for consultation

[Daniel H]

A major revision to the NPPF landed this week and makes for very interesting reading. 

 

Many of the things that have had our project in tangles seem to be getting ironed out - from conservation areas, heritage assets and NDHAs to sustainability and a new set of 'substantial' weights given to a raft of things including design. It's pretty amazing reading.

 

And - in other news - the BNG for small sites (up to 0.2ha) is being dropped altogether which means no more UUs for self-builders.

 

Keen to hear the takes of the hive mind here. I feel like even if our (overdue!) appeal is dismissed, we have enough here to get planning next time.