Richard BlythRoyal Town Planning Institute

House Magazine / Westminster BriefingLondon10 NOVEMBER 2011

National Planning Policy Framework

- Managing the Change

- Language

- Presumption in Favour of Sustainable Development

- The NPPF as a spatial plan

National Planning Policy Framework

- Managing the Change

- Language

- Presumption in Favour of Sustainable Development

- The NPPF as a spatial plan

- The relationship of the NPPF to the Localism Bill

- Real positive planning

NPPF : Implications

• Planning guidance

• Regulation 7 : all DPDs identical ?

Cross-boundary planning

• Duty to cooperate : RTPI contribution

• Voluntary strategic planning is not new

Will it work ?

• NPPF : needs transition

• Larger-than-local : continues, but will be varied

More information• Richard.blyth@rtpi.org.uk• www.rtpi.org.uk