Agreed. I always wondered what happened to that default “yes” for well connected sites within 800m of stations. I do have some sympathy for Keir, the global geopolitical landscape didn’t give him a breather to focus on domestic affairs. Rachel did announce an NPPF review in their first week in office. Hopefully Burnham is better.
Good points. However, I always thought, from my perspective working in planning in an inner city local authority, that “full-fat Brownfield Passports”, ie permission in principle for development without (some-a significant number, to be impactful) controls or contributions, would be a step too far & result in uncoordinated wild-west, like London Docklands before Canary Wharf, that wouldn’t necessarily maximise the use of land that coordinated, masterplanned development can achieve. Better gains would come from resourcing well & making it easier for local authorities to create masterplans & design codes, & then let developers bid for plots & simply build out without any further hurdles, save making sure they conform to the masterplan & codes. The new draft NPPF goes some way to this, though not far enough, but it’s ridiculous how many weeks have elapsed since the end of the consultation without the final version having appeared!
Agreed. I always wondered what happened to that default “yes” for well connected sites within 800m of stations. I do have some sympathy for Keir, the global geopolitical landscape didn’t give him a breather to focus on domestic affairs. Rachel did announce an NPPF review in their first week in office. Hopefully Burnham is better.
Not only was he a poor PM but he was also a lousy manager.
Good points. However, I always thought, from my perspective working in planning in an inner city local authority, that “full-fat Brownfield Passports”, ie permission in principle for development without (some-a significant number, to be impactful) controls or contributions, would be a step too far & result in uncoordinated wild-west, like London Docklands before Canary Wharf, that wouldn’t necessarily maximise the use of land that coordinated, masterplanned development can achieve. Better gains would come from resourcing well & making it easier for local authorities to create masterplans & design codes, & then let developers bid for plots & simply build out without any further hurdles, save making sure they conform to the masterplan & codes. The new draft NPPF goes some way to this, though not far enough, but it’s ridiculous how many weeks have elapsed since the end of the consultation without the final version having appeared!