Source · Select Committees · Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
Recommendation 2
2
Not Addressed
Paragraph: 15
Pause plans for further planning reform, ensuring stability for existing implementations.
Recommendation
The Government must see the merit in pausing plans for further reform, in order to allow for a period of stability in which reforms already introduced can be properly implemented, and any lessons from that implementation learned.
Government Response Summary
The government does not commit to pausing further reforms, stating it is still considering responses to the December 2022 NPPF consultation and will continue its targeted approach to evaluating reforms due to resource constraints.
Paragraph Reference:
15
Government Response
Not Addressed
HM Government
Not Addressed
The Government’s proposed changes to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) were subject to a full public consultation that ran from December 2022 to March 2023. We are continuing to consider the responses to that consultation and intend to respond later in 2023. Historically, we have taken a targeted approach to evaluating planning reforms; and in line with the Department’s recently published Evaluation Strategy, we are continuing to take a proportionate approach, due to resource constraints and the feasibility and cost of evaluation activity. In making policy decisions the Government will continue to consider the potential impact of the changes, including equalities impacts, as well as the representations made in the consultation including on the potential effects of the proposals.