Introduction On 17 August 2026 the Government published a new version of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). In this blog post, we discuss the major changes made in the new NPPF The New NPPF 2026 The new NPPF and the accompanying Policy Statement and Press Release published by the

Introduction In this blog post we discuss the Government’s changes made to the exemptions from Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) requirements under the planning system under The Biodiversity Gain (Town and Country Planning) (Amendments and Transitional Provisions) (England) Regulations 2026 (the Regulations) which were laid before Parliament on 13th July 2026 What

Introduction In our previous blog post in March we discussed the Government’s consultation on its proposed reforms to Local Planning Authority (LPA) Planning Committees. These reforms included (1) introducing a National Scheme of Delegation setting out requirements as to which planning applications should be determined by a Planning Committee and