{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6177c468f62eb8001374102f/6a8570a839e73ea8f324b96e?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Ep219: A 15-minute first-take briefing on the key changes in the newly updated NPPF","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6177c468f62eb8001374102f/1787136458833-038cb66d-0f20-446f-bece-e62c02759c53.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>In this special edition, we’ll be giving our first-take briefing on the updated National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), including:</p><p><br></p><ul><li>The easing of planning rules for development around train stations – how these measures <a href=\"er%20of%20areas%20eligible%20for%20fast-tracked%20station%20development%20significantly%20expanded\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">have been relaxed in some ways</a>, but <a href=\"https://www.planningresource.co.uk/article/1967636/government-decides-not-introduce-blanket-minimum-density-requirements-train-stations?bulletin=planning-daily\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">tightened up in others</a>.</li><li>The <a href=\"https://www.planningresource.co.uk/article/1967615/proposal-let-medium-site-developers-pay-affordable-housing-contributions-instead-on-site-provision-scrapped?bulletin=planning-daily\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">dropping of proposals in the draft for tougher affordable housing requirements</a>.</li><li>Giving councils more leeway to <a href=\"https://www.planningresource.co.uk/article/1967603/revised-nppf-drops-restriction-councils-setting-own-energy-efficiency-standards?bulletin=planning-daily\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">set their own energy-efficiency standards</a>.</li><li>And <a href=\"https://www.planningresource.co.uk/article/1967700/revised-nppf-increases-protections-national-parks-landscapes-compared-draft?bulletin=planning-daily\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">increased protections for national parks and landscapes</a>.</li></ul><p><br></p><p>We'll also be discussing two other big planning announcements from the government this week:&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Its response to a consultation on <a href=\"https://www.planningresource.co.uk/article/1967559/sport-england-remains-statutory-planning-consultee-ministers-confirm-measures-streamline-system-updated?bulletin=planning-daily\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">measures seeking to streamline the statutory consultee system</a> – the organisations that have had their statutory consultee status removed, and those that have retained it.</li><li>And the long-awaited results of the delayed housing delivery test, including <a href=\"https://www.planningresource.co.uk/article/1967604/93-councils-face-harshest-sanction-long-awaited-housing-delivery-test?bulletin=planning-daily\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">which councils are facing its most severe penalty</a>.</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Key planning news, and why it is important, brought to you by the team behind Planning magazine, the leading source of independent intelligence for planning professionals for 50 years.</p><p><br></p><p>Find the latest planning news at planningresource.co.uk and @PlanningMag&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Room 106 was the Professional Publishers Association’s Podcast of the Year 2023/24. It was also highly commended in the Best Use of Audio category in the Association of Online Publishers’ Digital Publishing Awards 2024.</p>","author_name":"Planning magazine"}