This is what is in the chancellor’s speech
“Next week my Right Honourable Friends the Communities Secretary and the Planning Minister will publish the results of our overhaul of planning regulation.
We’re replacing 1,000 pages of guidance with just 50 pages.
We’re introducing a presumption in favour of sustainable development;
While protecting our most precious environments.
The new policy comes into effect when the National Planning Policy Framework is published next Tuesday.”
But this is what is in the Budget Report on the Treasury website (my italics):
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The Government is reforming the planning system so that it supports growth. The Government will publish the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) by the end of March 2012, coming into force for plan-making and decisions from that point onwards, with appropriate implementation arrangements for local authorities with pro-growth policies in local plans. There will be support to help local authorities get plans up to date quickly.”
That sounds like a transitional arrangement to me. Obvious questions are what is a plan with a pro-growth policy and what will the appropriate “implementation” arrangements be?
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