20th August 2011, 03:20 PM
Jack Wrote:Ah but it states that the local planning committees must adhere to the local authority's plan, and they still must follow the general guidelines.
And for me herein lies the problem, NPPF assumes that the LPAs should set out a strategy for the conservation and enjoyment of the historic environment in their local plans, but these Local Plans were written on the basis that there was a national planning policy statement (PPS 5 for heritage). The NPPF assumes that the detail of heritage issues will be considered in the local plan, but the local plan was written on the basis that such detail was addressed at a national level - what I fear we are looking at is a policy vacuum.