3 Feb 2023: National Planning Framework 4 (NPF4)

Planning Edinburgh published on 1 February guidance to the NPF4, approved by the Scottish Parliament on 11 January 2023.

NPF4 is ‘a spatial plan for Scotland to 2045’, setting out where development and infrastructure is needed. It rests on the vision of ‘Sustainable Places; Liveable Places; Productive Places

Here is the link:

National Planning Framework 4 (NPF4)

The adoption of NPF4 will mean that policies embodied in the city’s Local Development Plan 2016 (LDP 2016) must align with it; some current policies may require realignment.

A report to CEC Planning Committee (18 January 2023) gives the detail on this:

Planning Committee (PDF) 

The CEC Planning Policy Framework for the Local Development Plan in a National Planning Framework context is set out here:

View our Policy Framework (PDF)

You can link to LDP 2016 here:

Local Development Plan (2016)

 

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