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Planning Policy Statements (PPS)

Planning Policy Statements (PPS)

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Planning Policy Guidence Notes (PPG)

Contents

  1. 1     Planning Policy Statement 1: Delivering Sustainable Development
  2. 2     Planning Policy Statement: Planning & Climate Change - Supplement to Planning Policy Statement 1
  3. 3     Planning Policy Statement: Eco-towns- Supplement to Planning Policy Statement 1
  4. 4     Planning Policy Statement 3: Housing
  5. 5     Planning Policy Statement 4: Planning for Sustainable Economic Growth
  6. 6     Planning Policy Statement 6: Planning for Town Centres (Cancelled)
  7. 7     Planning Policy Statement 7: Sustainable Development in Rural Areas
  8. 8     Planning Policy Statement 9: Biodiversity & Geological Conservation
  9. 9     Planning Policy Statement 10: Planning for Sustainable Waste Management
  10. 10   Planning Policy Statement 11: Regional Spatial Strategies
  11. 11   Planning Policy Statement 12: Local Spatial Planning
  12. 12   Planning Policy Statement 22: Renewable Energy
  13. 13   Planning Policy Statement 23: Planning & Pollution Control
  14. 14   Planning Policy Statement 25: Development & Flood Risk
  

    Planning Policy Statement 1: Delivering Sustainable Development

Planning Policy Statement 1 (PPS1) sets out the Government's overarching planning policies on the delivery of sustainable development through the planning system.

This replaces Planning Policy Guidance Note 1: General Policies and Principles (PPG1) published in February 1997.

See Delivering Sustainable Development for further detail


    Planning Policy Statement: Planning & Climate Change
- Supplement to Planning Policy Statement 1


Planning and Climate Change sets out how planning, in providing for the new homes, jobs and infrastructure needed by communities, should help shape places with lower carbon emissions and resilient to the climate change now accepted as inevitable.

See Planning and Climate Change for further detail

    Planning Policy Statement: Eco-towns
- Supplement to Planning Policy Statement 1

This Planning Policy Statement (PPS) provides the standards any eco-town will have to adhere to and the list of locations identified with the potential for an eco-town.

See Eco-towns for further detail

    Planning Policy Statement 3: Housing

 

Planning Policy Statement 3 (PPS3) underpins the delivery of the Government's strategic housing policy objectives and our goal to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to live in a decent home, which they can afford in a community where they want to live.

See Housing for further detail

    Planning Policy Statement 4: Planning for Sustainable Economic Growth

See Planning for Sustainable Economic Growth for further detail
 

    Planning Policy Statement 6: Planning for Town Centres (Cancelled)

 

Planning Policy Statement 6 (PPS6) sets out the Government's policy on planning for the future of town centres.
 
This replaces Revised Planning Policy Guidance Note 6: Town Centres and Retail Developments (PPG6) published in 1996 and subsequent policy statements.

See Planning for Town Centres (Cancelled) for further detail

    Planning Policy Statement 7: Sustainable Development in Rural Areas

 

Planning Policy Statement 7 (PPS7) sets out the Government's planning policies for rural areas, including country towns and villages and the wider, largely undeveloped countryside up to the fringes of larger urban areas.

See Sustainable Development in Rural Areas for further detail


    Planning Policy Statement 9: Biodiversity & Geological Conservation

Planning Policy Statement 9 (PPS9) sets out planning policies on protection of biodiversity and geological conservation through the planning system.
 
This replaces Planning Policy Guidance Note 9 on Nature Conservation (PPG9) published in October 1994

See Biodiversity & Geological Conservation for further detail

 

    Planning Policy Statement 10: Planning for Sustainable Waste Management

 

Planning Policy Statement 10 (PPS10) sets out the Government's policy to be taken into account by waste planning authorities and forms part of the national waste management plan for the UK

See Planning for Sustainable Waste for further detail

 

  Planning Policy Statement 11: Regional Spatial Strategies

 

See Regional Spatial Strategies for further detail

  Planning Policy Statement 12: Local Spatial Planning

See Local Spatial Planning for further detail


  Planning Policy Statement 22: Renewable Energy

Planning Policy Statement 22 (PPS22) sets out the Government's policies for renewable energy, which planning authorities should have regard to when preparing local development documents and when taking planning decisions

See Renewable Energy for further detail

 

  Planning Policy Statement 23: Planning & Pollution Control

Planning Policy Statement 23 (PPS23) is intended to complement the new pollution control framework under the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999 and the PPC Regulations 2000.
 
This replaces Planning Policy Guidance Note 23: Planning and Pollution Control (PPG12) published in 1994.

See Planning & Pollution Control for further detail

  Planning Policy Statement 25: Development & Flood Risk

 

Planning Policy Statement 25 (PPS25) sets out Government policy on development and flood risk. It's aims are to ensure that flood risk is taken into account at all stages in the planning process to avoid inappropriate development in areas at risk of flooding, and to direct development away from areas of highest risk.

Where new development is, exceptionally, necessary in such areas, policy aims to make it safe, without increasing flood risk elsewhere, and, where possible, reducing flood risk overall.

This replaces Planning Policy Guidance Note 25: Development and Flood Risk (PPG25), published in July 2001

See Development & Flood Risk for further detail


Planning Policy Guidence Notes (PPG)