Planning Policy Statements (PPS) were

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statements of national policy and principles towards certain aspects of the

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framework. In recent years they only applied to

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. However, they still exist within the Northern Irish System. They were not legally binding, but the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 required that they were considered by authorities preparing development plans, and may be treated as material considerations in the determination of

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s. They had gradually been replacing the old style

Planning Policy Guidance Notes In the United Kingdom, Planning Policy Guidance Notes (PPG) were statements of the Government's national policy and principles towards certain aspects of the town planning framework. These national policy documents were originally known as PPGs a ...

(PPG). In December 2010 the

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announced that all PPSs would be replaced by a single document, the

National Planning Policy Framework The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) is a land-use planning policy in the United Kingdom. It was originally published by the UK's Department of Communities and Local Government in March 2012, consolidating over two dozen previously is ...

(NPPF). A consultation draft of this new document was published on 25 July 2011. The final version of this document was published on 27 March 2012. It became a material consideration in planning matters on publication. It replaced all PPSs and all remaining PPGs, plus a number of letters to chief planning officers. PPS covered the following matters: * Planning Policy Statement 1: Delivering Sustainable Developmentbr>PPS1
* Planning Policy Statement 3: Housingbr>PPS3
*PPS 4, Planning Policy Statement 4: Planning for Sustainable Economic Growth
PPS4
*PPS 5, Planning Policy Statement 5: Planning for the Historic Environment
PPS5
*PPS 6, Planning Policy Statement 6: Planning for Town Centres (now cancelled and replaced by PPS 4)]
PPS6
*PPS 7, Planning Policy Statement 7: Sustainable Development in Rural Areas]
PPS7
* PPS 9, Planning Policy Statement 9: Biodiversity and Geological Conservationbr>PPS9
* Planning Policy Statement 10: Planning for Sustainable Waste Managementbr>PPS10
* Planning Policy Statement 11: Regional Spatial Strategiesbr>PPS11
The coalition government announced in 2010 that Regional Spatial Strategies were to be abolished and, despite a court finding that the Secretary of State had acted unlawfully by telling local planning authorities to take that into account prior to abolition, the Policy Statement was removed from the DCLG website before the law was changed. * Planning Policy Statement 12: Local Development Frameworksbr>PPS12
* Planning Policy Statement 22: Renewable Energybr>PPS22
* Planning Policy Statement 23: Planning and Pollution Controlbr>PPS23
* Planning Policy Statement 25: Development and Flood Riskbr>PPS25

See also