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Gove unveils long awaited NPPF, scrapping greenfield allocation and promising crackdown on planning delays

By 2023-12-19T13:17:00

Michael Gove

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Housing secretary Michael Gove has today (19 December) unveiled the government’s long-awaited new National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), promising to crack down on planning delays and scrapping the requirement for local authorities to allocate greenfield land to meet housing targets.

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