The was adopted on 13 February 2023.
NPF4 is now part of the Council’s development plan and - unless material considerations say otherwise - decisions on planning applications will need to be made by both
- NPF4
- the Local Development Plan (2016).
Since the adoption of NPF4, the section of the that sets out what happens when there is ‘any incompatibility’ between parts of a development plan is now in force.
This means that some Local Development Plan policies will no longer be used to the same extent.
A report to the on 18 January 2023 explains this in more detail and provides a list containing
- NPF4 policies
- Local Development Plan policies which are compatible with NPF4
- Local Development Plan policies which are not compatible with NPF4 and will not be used to the same extent.