Issue - meetings

National Planning Policy Framework

Meeting: 11/04/2012 - Strategic Planning Board (Item 141)

National Planning Policy Framework

Minutes:

The Development Management and Building Control Manager reported to the Strategic Planning Board on the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), which had been published on 27 March 2012 and superseded other national planning guidance. It was reported that at the heart of the NPPF was a presumption in favour of sustainable development; Members noting that every local planning authority would need to have demonstrable reasons for recommending refusal of an application based on the significant impact arising from a development proposal.