Mixed messages for transport in streamlined planning policy

Planning

Andrew Forster
29 July 2011
Offices: no longer covered by the town centre first policy
Offices: no longer covered by the town centre first policy

 

The Government this week published its draft National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), heralding major changes to transport and land-use policy  in England.

The NPPF streamlines the Government’s planning policies, condensing about 1,000 pages of advice into just 52. Key transport aspects of the NPPF include:

The abolition of national maximum parking standards for non-residential development

The retention of the ‘town centre first’ policy for retail and...

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