At the kind invitation of Landmark Chambers and Town Legal, Sam Stafford was in London this week to contribute to a seminar on the NPPF update, which, eagle-eyed 50 Shades Listeners no doubt spotted, emerged as part of a cavalcade of Planning Reform Day announcements before Christmas.
The seminar was over-subscribed and so was recorded in order that it could be shared more widely as a podcast.
This episode features:
- Rupert Warren KC talking about the implications of the NPPF for housing delivery, taking in the standard method, the cities uplift and the changes around five and four year land supply;
- Anjoli Foster talking about the impact of the NPPF on plan-making, taking in Green Belt, transitional arrangements and the impact of this new version on plans that have paused, as well as soundness;
- Meeta Kaur talking about the NPPF changes that relate to design and beauty, small sites and community-led housing, retirement housing and agricultural land;
- Simon Ricketts talking about the linkages between the NPPF and the Levelling Up & Regeneration Act, with his observations on what provisions of the latter we make pay the closest attention to; and
- Sam talking waffle.
Some accompanying reading.
Reforms to national planning policy
https://committees.parliament.uk/work/7281/reforms-to-national-planning-policy/
Reforms to national planning policy report: government response
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/reforms-to-national-planning-policy-report-government-response
Changes to 5YHLS under the revised NPPF: Not Great, Not Terrible
https://lichfields.uk/blog/2023/december/20/changes-to-5yhls-under-the-revised-nppf-not-great-not-terrible
Four out of Five
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/four-out-five-josef-cannon-ugqje/
Local Plan Preparation: Barriers and Opportunities
https://www.rtpi.org.uk/policy-and-research/research/local-plan-research-project/
Planning working paper
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/planning-working-paper
Labour’s planning proposals
https://samuelstafford.blogspot.com/2023/10/labours-planning-proposals.html
Labour pledges to tighten right-to-buy as part of UK housing overhaul
https://www.ft.com/content/2726620e-b6e5-4547-b358-ff4fe175171e
The Long-Term Plan for Housing II
https://samuelstafford.blogspot.com/2024/01/the-long-term-plan-for-housing-ii.html
Some accompanying viewing.
Hashi’s appearance on Question Time
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001vfv6
Curb Your Enthusiasm, Happy New Years
https://youtu.be/U4rkzyGFFo0?si=2gCA8461BCnsqT7H
Some accompanying listening.
Future Love by Ride
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cN0vWnVaHU
50 Shades T-Shirts!
If you have listened to Episode 45 of the 50 Shades of Planning you will have heard Clive Betts say that...
'In the Netherlands planning is seen as part of the solution. In the UK, too often, planning is seen as part of the problem'.
Sam said in reply that that would look good on a t-shirt and it does. Further details can be found here: http://samuelstafford.blogspot.com/2021/07/50-shades-of-planning-t-shirts.html
