Breaking with tradition, and rumours that have abounded for months, the new version of the NPPF was published on 17th August 2026. As expected, the changes between the draft version first published in December 2025 are not particularly substantial, but any community who has not yet got to grips with the proposed changes in the intervening period needs to know that they must do so now, as the new NPPF applies to decision making straight away.

Clerks and Councillors in Cheshire are invited to a free event on the future of Neighbourhood Planning with ONH: Planning for Good

You may know that on 30 July 2024 MHCLG launched a consultation on reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). This was...

A new National Planning Policy Framework, but what does it mean? Newsletter for Community, Town and Parish Council clients.