{"id":35634,"date":"2023-02-17T16:39:54","date_gmt":"2023-02-17T16:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=35634"},"modified":"2023-02-17T16:39:54","modified_gmt":"2023-02-17T16:39:54","slug":"planning-policy-inquiry-launched-by-levelling-up-parliamentary-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=35634","title":{"rendered":"Planning policy inquiry launched by Levelling Up Parliamentary Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"intro\">\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-35635\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/houses_Open_Gov_Lic_v3_300px.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/>The Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (LUHC) Committee has today announced that it will be examining the Government\u2019s current consultation on reforms to national planning policy, looking at the proposed changes to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) and the Government\u2019s wider approach to planning reform.<\/h3>\n<h6><em>image: Open Government Licence v3.0<\/em><\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2026 state of flux over recent years, is now having an impact on planners, councils and developers\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<p>The (LUHC) Committee writes:<\/p>\n<div class=\"body\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/committees.parliament.uk\/work\/7281\/reforms-to-national-planning-policy\/\">Inquiry:\u00a0Reforms to national planning policy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/committees.parliament.uk\/committee\/17\/levelling-up-housing-and-communities-committee\/\">Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (LUHC) Committee<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The LUHC Committee\u2019s scrutiny of the\u00a0reforms to national planning policyis likely to open with an evidence session with planning, local authority, and housing stakeholders. This evidence session is likely to be scheduled in March, after the deadline (on 2 March) of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/consultations\/levelling-up-and-regeneration-bill-reforms-to-national-planning-policy\">Government\u2019s consultation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Committee is expected to examine the Government\u2019s proposed changes to the NPPF, the approach to developing National Development Management Policies (NDMPs), and other proposals for planning reform resulting from the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill.<\/p>\n<h2>Chair&#8217;s comments<\/h2>\n<p>Chair of the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee, Clive Betts MP, said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Government\u2019s consultation on reforms to national planning policy raises a series of issues into areas such as NDMPs and how they might affect the primacy of local plans as well as questions around local housing need, the stated commitment to the housing target, and how this is supported by local plans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are already hearing that the uncertainty of what the planning system will look like, and the state of flux over recent years, is now having an impact on planners, councils and developers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA host of housing and other planning issues, including planning for on-shore wind, are affected by the consultation. We look forward to hearing the views of local councils, housebuilders, planners, and other interested parties, on the Government\u2019s proposed policies and how they might affect planning and housing provision across England.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Further information<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.parliament.uk\/about\/how\/committees\/select\/\">About Parliament: Select committees<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.parliament.uk\/visiting\/visiting-and-tours\/watch-committees-and-debates\/committees\/\">Visiting Parliament: Watch committees<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/committees.parliament.uk\/committee\/17\/levelling-up-housing-and-communities-committee\/news\/185924\/planning-policy-inquiry-launched-by-levelling-up-committee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (LUHC) Committee has today announced that it will be examining the Government\u2019s current consultation on reforms to national planning policy, looking at the proposed changes to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) and the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=35634\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35634"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35634\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35636,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35634\/revisions\/35636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}