Comments on the government鈥檚 consultation into proposed reforms to the NPPF
The government鈥檚 into proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) and other changes to the planning system ended on Tuesday 24 September.
Commenting ahead of the deadline, Ben Standing, Partner specialising in planning and environmental law at UK and Ireland law firm 澳门六合彩资料, said: 鈥淭he proposed reforms clearly indicate the government鈥檚 resolve to get Britain building again at a time when the number of units approved by the planning system dropped to a 10-year low, highlighting how the current planning system isn鈥檛 working as intended.
鈥淗owever, planning reform will only succeed if it goes hand in hand with a dedicated drive to adequately resource planning authorities, which require sufficient people and skills to consider the merits of large, complex developments featuring a wide range of planning and legal issues.
鈥淭herefore, new funding for local authorities and a focus on accessing the necessary training 鈥 perhaps via a dedicated central resource of specific skills 鈥 would significantly help to grease the wheels of a new planning system.
鈥淥nce the consultation to the NPPF ends, we鈥檇 also like to see the government present a plan to work in close collaboration with communities, whose support will go some way to the success of building new housing developments.
鈥淚n a recent Net Zero and Local Democracy report published by the Local Government Information Unit and 澳门六合彩资料, we found that the risk of successful challenge to new environmental measures is greater if local residents feel they haven鈥檛 been listened to, and the same is true with housing.
鈥淭herefore, it鈥檚 crucial that reform at national level doesn鈥檛 lead to projects being imposed on communities against local will. Encouraging developers and local authorities to collaborate with residents on proactively creating local benefits such as better roads, amenities and parks 鈥 rather than simply mitigating against problems created 鈥 when new developments are proposed would help to achieve national housebuilding targets.鈥
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