Today, as we expect a new consultation on a revised National Planning Policy Framework, Public Policy Officer Laura Mason takes a look at what we’re hoping to see in these latest planning policy reforms. When the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) was first introduced, we called for a system that ensured development is steered to…
As a Government consultation on assessing housing need closes, we take a look at the implications of proposed changes on the National Trust and protected landscapes, such as Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Our consultation response agrees that a standard approach to assessing housing need would be helpful, but questions whether existing house prices should…
As the Government puts the final touches to the Housing White Paper, the National Trust and Local Government Information Unit (LGiU) has launched new evidence which points to a lack of local democracy in the English planning system. In a survey of 1,200 ward councillors across England, conducted by LGiU, 72% of councillors say that the system…
In this series of blog posts Ellie Dewdney will be keeping you up to date with current issues that could affect Britain’s most special places and what the National Trust are doing to preserve these national treasures. For those of you out there who haven’t come across it the National Planning Policy Framework (or the…
If you live in an old house and you’re worrying about your fuel bills you’re not alone. The National Trust has also been thinking about how it can cut its energy costs and is keen to share its ideas and experiences. But what, you may ask, does your home have to do with the…
New research published today by the National Trust and the Local Government Information Unit (LGIU) suggests that the Government’s assurances of building on brownfield sites first is not backed up by reality on the ground. Writing in the Daily Telegraph today (Wednesday 27 March) the Communities Secretary Eric Pickles states: “We are making the most…
Research published today by the National Trust and the Local Government Information Unit (LGiU) suggests that the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) is failing to give local people a genuine say in shaping the future of their communities, falling short of the Government’s own localism ambitions. Published by Government a year ago today, after a…
