Chief Planner’s newsletter to LPAs December 2024

Published On: 19th December 2024

Joanna Averley, the DHCLG Chief Planner, issued another newsletter on 19th December 2024 to local authorities requiring them to update their brownfield land register for 2024 by 31st December.

It seeks their views on a Development and Nature Recovery Working Paper, proposing developers pay into a ‘Nature Restoration Fund’. Also LPAs are asked to complete an online survey on a Green Infrastructure (GI) Framework. There is an explanation of the Government’s approach by the lawyer Nicola Gooch here.

An updated Criteria Document for improving planning performance for speed and quality of decision-making has been published with the assessment period halved from 24 months to 12 months.

Grant funding and support are available to local authorities to implement the required policy changes arising from the December 2024 version of the NPPF.

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