What Sussex needs from planning reforms

Call for focus on affordable housing, brownfield development and support for nature recovery as consultation on planning reforms ends.

A Sussex charity has called for a brownfield-first approach and a rapid transition to a Net Zero power system in its response to proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF).

CPRE Sussex also calls for ‘golden rules’ around affordable housing, access to infrastructure and access to nature to be applied to all greenfield development, not just Green Belt land.

A public consultation on the proposals – potentially the biggest shake up the NPPF has had in modern times – ends today (24 September).

CPRE Sussex submitted its comments in support of a co-ordinated response by the national CPRE charity. It outlines five ways the NPPF can improve:

1. Prioritise genuinely affordable homes.
2. Give brownfield first some teeth.
3. Protect – and enhance – the Green Belt.
4. Protect our landscapes as we transition to renewables.
5. Support nature recovery and strategic land use.

Read more about the impact of proposed planning reforms in Sussex here.

Read more about how CPRE believes the NPPF can improve here.

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