NPPF

Why is the Government drawing battle lines over the NPPF?

05.09.2011

Greg Clark, the minister responsible for the draft NPPF, has drafted in George Osbourne & Eric Pickles to try & quash the campaign that exists to clarify points within the proposed new framework.

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Campaigning for Everybody’s Landscape

01.09.2011

The United Kingdom ratified the European Landscape Convention: It appears that whilst DEFRA are fully aware of the convention, are the DCLG?

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13 Steps towards a National Planning Policy Framework

31.08.2011

Alister Scott, Professor of Spatial Planning and Governance of Birmingham City University, is a social scientist, geographer and chartered planner with research interests centred around the changing nature of governance and partnerships. Here are his 13 steps towards a National Planning Policy Framework..

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Sustainability and the draft NPPF. Greg Clarks attack on the National Trust.

28.08.2011

Mr Clark, the politician responsible for the Draft National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), last week attacked the National Trust for highlighting the potential negative impacts it may have on the natural spaces closest to our towns and cities.

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The Forest Sell Off & the NPPF: We Need a Dictionary of Definitions

27.08.2011

Without tools to aid the general populace to reach a rational decision, or an illustration that government, NGOs and other experts are talking the same language, we will forever be stuck in a mire of ‘green washed’ terminology…

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What Does Sustainability Mean to Me?

15.08.2011

Si Jakeman, a fire fighter from London, shares with us his vision of Deep Sustainability and interconnectedness…

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The NPPF > A Response to: ‘Advice produced by the Planning Inspectorate for use by its Inspectors’

06.08.2011

The National Trust are gearing up to campaign against the draft National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). We must join them and raise a voice against what could be the most damaging proposals for ALL UK landscapes since the 1930’s.

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