Agenda item

Proposed Reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework and other changes to the Planning System

Minutes:

The Policy Planner introduced the report and informed Members that the Government consultation process on the changes to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) which started on the 30th  July was due to close on the 24th September, so any changes could happen relatively quickly after that. National Parks England are submitting a joint response to the consultation on behalf of all national parks and the Broads Authority, and each national park are also submitting their own consultation response on how the proposed changes would affect them, which Officers are currently drafting, and that the final response would be delegated to the Head of Planning in consultation with the Chair and Vice Chair of Planning, before being submitted.  The Officer informed Members that the consultation process would not affect our own Local Plan Review, Issues and Options consultation which is due to start on the 7th October.

 

Members considered that one of the issues that would be coming out of the consultation for the Authority was the pressures that would be put on two of our partner authorities in particular High Peak Borough Council and Derbyshire Dales District Council in terms of housing provision, and this is something the authority need to keep pressing and drawing to the attention of Government and to ensure that they consider National Park Purposes when looking at policies.

 

Members would also like Government to look again at permitted development right changes, in particular with regard to camping and caravanning, and asked if the Authority had the ability to ask whether the Government was open to suggestions as part of the consultation process?  The Officer confirmed that one of the questions in the consultation process there was an “open question” regarding rural housing so there may be an opportunity to feed into that.

 

Members noted the report.

 

RESOLVED:

 

1.    The contents of the report and Appendix 1 are noted; and

2.    Final response is delegated to the Head of Planning in consultation with the Chair and Vice Chair of Planning Committee

 

 

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