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Policy Matters
Detailed below is the current status of National, Regional and Local Policy.
Please read the following in connection with each of the reports contained
within this agenda.
Selby District Local Plan
Annex 1 of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) outlines the
implementation of the Framework. As the Local Plan was not adopted in
accordance with the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004, the
guidance in paragraph 214 of the NPPF does not apply and therefore
applications should be determined in accordance with the guidance in
Paragraph 215 of the NPPF which states “In other cases and following this
12-month period, due weight should be given to relevant policies in existing
plans according to their degree of consistency with this framework (the closer
the policies in the plan to the policies in the Framework, the greater the weight
that may be given)”.
Regional Spatial Strategy
On 15 November 2011 the Localism Bill received Royal Assent and now
constitutes an Act of Parliament (law). However, although it is the
Government's clear policy intention to revoke existing regional strategies
outside London, this is subject to the outcome of environmental assessments
and any revocation will not be undertaken until the Secretary of State and
Parliament have had the opportunity to consider the findings of the
assessments. To this end the Government published on 20 October 2011 an
Environmental Report on the revocation of the Yorkshire and Humber Plan, in
the form of a consultation document. The closing date for comments was 20
January 2012.
The status of the Localism Bill as an Act of Parliament does enable more
weight to be given to the Government’s clear policy intention to revoke the
Regional Spatial Strategy. Notwithstanding this it is Officer’s opinion that
substantial weight should still be afforded to the Regional Spatial Strategy and
that any decision made contrary to the provisions of the RSS should only be
made where there is robust, up-to-date evidence in support of that decision.
National Guidance and Policy
On the 27 th March 2012 the Government published the National Planning
Policy Framework (NPPF). The NPPF replaced the suite of Planning Policy
Statements (PPS’s) and Planning Policy Guidance Notes (PPG’s) and now,
along with the guidance in the Technical Guidance Note, and Policy for
Traveller Sites, provides the national guidance on planning.
The NPPF introduces, in paragraph 14, a presumption in favour of sustainable
development. Paragraph 14 of the NPPF states “At the heart of the National
Planning Policy Framework is a presumption in favour of sustainable
development, which should be seen as a golden thread running through both
plan-making and decision-taking".
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