Appendix 1 National Planning Policy
PLANNING POLICY GUIDANCE (PPGs) AND PLANNING POLICY STATEMENTS (PPSs)
National Planning Policy sets out Government policies on different aspects of planning. Local authorities must take their content into account in preparing their development plans. The guidance may also be material to decisions on individual planning applications and appeals.
The following is a list of the existing Planning Policy Guidance (PPGs) and Planning Policy Statements (PPSs) and the date they were published:-
PPS1: Delivering Sustainable Development (2005)
PPG2: Green Belts (1995)
PPG3: Housing (2000 + updates 2005) (and supporting Best Practice Guide documents)
PPG4: Industrial and Commercial Development and Small Firms (1992)
PPG5: Simplified Planning Zones (1992)
PPS6: Planning For Town Centres (2005)
PPS7: Sustainable Development in Rural Areas (2004)
PPG8: Telecommunications (2001)
PPS9: Biodiversity and Geological Conservation (2005)
PPS10: Planning and Sustainable Waste Management (2005)
PPS11: Regional Spatial Strategies (2004)
PPG12: Development Plans (1999)
PPS12: Local Development Frameworks (2004)
PPG13: Transport (2001)
PPG14: Development of Unstable Land (1990), Annex 1 (1996) and Annex 2 (2002)
PPG15: Planning and the Historic Environment (1994)
PPG16: Archaeology and Planning (1990)
PPG17: Planning for Open Space, Sport and Recreation (2002) (and Companion Guide to PPG17)
PPG18: Enforcing Planning Control (1991)
PPG19: Outdoor Advertisement Control (1992)
PPS22: Renewable Energy ( 2004) (and Companion Guide to PPS22)
PPS23: Planning and Pollution Control (2004)
PPG24: Planning and Noise (1994)
PPG25: Development and Flood Risk (2001)
