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NPPF definition

What does NPPF mean? In practice, the NPPF is the government’s consolidated statement of national planning policy for England, guiding preparation of local plans and the determination of planning applications and appeals. Issued by the Secretary of State (DLUHC), it is not statutory and is not defined in legislation, but is a material consideration. Under section 38(6) of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004, decisions follow the development plan unless material considerations indicate otherwise; the NPPF often provides those considerations. Key features include the presumption in favour of sustainable development (para 11), policies on housing need and five-year land supply, the Housing Delivery...

Onshore wind farms: planning mitigation, conditions and obligations across aeronautical, ecological, noise, visual, transport and decommissioning impacts

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National Planning Policy Framework (nppf)

Under the NPPF, local planning authorities are urged to frame policies that optimise renewable and low carbon energy schemes, while satisfactorily tackling adverse effects, including cumulative landscape and visual impacts. Where proposals would otherwise be unacceptable, planning conditions and obligations can secure acceptability.

Conditions should only be attached when they are:

necessary;
relevant to planning and to the development to be permitted;
enforceable;
precise; and
reasonable in all other respects.

Planning obligations are governed by the 'reasonableness tests' in the Community Infrastructure Levy Regulations. See Practice Note: Planning conditions—key points. The former Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) issued sample conditions for wind energy developments. The National Policy Statement for renewable energy Infrastructure (the Renewables NPS) also offers guidance on various forms of mitigation for onshore wind farm impacts. However, determining authorities should tailor these, where appropriate, to the particular circumstances of the case. Under the usual planning regime, the local planning authority is the determining body, as section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989 no longer applies to onshore wind farms...

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