New version of the #NPPF National Planning Policy Framework published today. Here is a comparison between the new one and the previous February 2019 version. You're welcome. https://t.co/36cEZdkzdx
— Angus Walker (@PlanningActBlog) July 20, 2021
The United Nations climate change goals have been added. As amended, Paragraph 7 now reads:
The purpose of the planning system is to contribute to the achievement of sustainable development. At a very high level, the objective of sustainable development can be summarised as meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. At a similarly high level, members of the United Nations – including the United Kingdom – have agreed to pursue the 17 Global Goals for Sustainable Development in the period to 2030. These address social progress, economic well-being and environmental protection.
A government press release claims:
Our revised National Planning Policy Framework will ensure that communities are more meaningfully engaged in how new development happens, that local authorities are given greater confidence in turning down schemes which do not meet locally set standards.
