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The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) is a land-use planning policy in England. It was originally published by the UK's Department of Communities and Local Government in March 2012, consolidating over two dozen previously issued documents called Planning Policy Statements (PPS) and Planning Policy Guidance Notes (PPG) for use in England ...
Planning Portal was established by UK Government in 2002 to allow planning applications in England and Wales to be processed electronically. It later added guidance and information content, interactive guides, an application service for Building Regulations approval and the ability to purchase site location plans.
When the UK's systems of town and country planning were established by the Town and Country Planning Act 1947 (10 & 11 Geo. 6.c. 51) and, in Scotland, the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1947 (10 & 11 Geo. 6.
The Planning Inspectorate traces its roots back to the Housing, Town Planning, &c. Act 1909 and the birth of the planning system in the UK. John Burns (1858–1943), the first member of the working class to become a government Minister, was President of the Local Government Board and responsible for the 1909 Housing Act.
The 'External Review of government planning practice guidance: report submitted by Lord Taylor of Goss More' (CLG, 2012) concluded that 'Better places to live By Design: A companion guide to PPG3' (2001) and 'By Design: Urban design in the planning system - towards better practice' be "cancelled" on the basis that, "the guidance contains ...
In December 2010 the Department for Communities and Local Government announced that all PPSs would be replaced by a single document, the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). A consultation draft of this new document was published on 25 July 2011.
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In the United Kingdom, Planning Policy Guidance Notes (PPG) were statements of the Government's national policy and principles towards certain aspects of the town planning framework. They were material considerations in the determination of planning applications .