Gove unveils long awaited NPPF, scrapping greenfield allocation and promising crackdown on planning delays

Tue, 19 Dec 2023 13:17:00 GMT

Housing secretary Michael Gove has today (19 December) unveiled the government’s long-awaited new National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), promising to crack down on planning delays and scrapping the requirement for local authorities to allocate greenfield land to meet housing targets.