Places for People responds to today's National Planning Policy Framework

Today’s new National Planning Policy Framework is the seismic change we need in planning and demonstrates that this is a government listening to the sector. The right framework is essential, and the implementation of the grey belt definition is to be applauded, to help bring more sites into scope. But new definitions and a brownfield first approach alone won’t help us meet the government’s self-proclaimed ambitious targets.  Now we need the right people with the right skills in local planning departments to turn these rules into more planning permissions so we can get these homes so urgently needed built.  

We must keep this conversation going. For PfP, it’s not just about building homes, it’s about creating new thriving communities where people are connected to their neighbours, and nature and proud of the place they call home.