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ID sylw: 104193

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Ms Rachel Pope

As outlined previously, this Policy Direction is flawed due to its reliance on Paragraph 142 of the old NPPF. This provided scope for authorities to take into account “the need to promote sustainable patterns of development”. It was removed in July 2024.

The current NPPF makes no provision for 'sustainability' being the determining factor for whether green belt land can be used over non-green belt land. The legacy policy (old paragraph 142) is present in the Spatial Growth Strategy and in the Draft Policy Direction 7. It will therefore misleadingly inform the preferred option unless corrective action is taken.