Planning Policy Guidance Notes#PPG 7

PPG 2 was a document produced by the British Government to advise local planning authorities on national green belt policy and its consideration in the formation of local plans. The last version was introduced in March 2001 (original) and replaced Planning Policy Guidance (PPG) Note 2 Green belts published in January 1995.{{Cite book

|id=PPG2

|title=Green Belts

|year=1995

|publisher=HMSO

|isbn=0-11-753037-9

}}

1. States the general intentions of Green Belt policy, including its contribution to sustainable development objectives
2. Reaffirms the specific purposes of including land in Green Belts, with slight modifications, gives policy a more positive thrust by specifying for the first time objectives for the use of land in Green Belts
3. Confirms that Green Belts must be protected as far as can be seen ahead, advises on defining boundaries and on safeguarding land for longer-term development needs
4. Maintains the presumption against inappropriate development within Green Belts and refines the categories of appropriate development, including making provision for the future of major existing developed sites and revising policy on the re-use of buildings.

PPG 3 advised local planning authorities on the treatment of housing within the planning process. The last version was introduced in March 2000 following the Rogers Report and replaced the 1992 version.{{Cite book

|id=PPG3

|title=Housing

|year=1992

|publisher=HMSO

|isbn=0-11-752628-2

}} Two updates were published on 24 January 2005 - Planning Policy Guidance 3: Housing: Planning for sustainable communities in rural areas and Planning Policy Guidance 3: Housing: Supporting the delivery of new housing.

PPG3 was introduced to steer policy away from the development of large, spacious houses on greenfield sites, towards higher density development using brownfield or urban sites wherever possible. It also sought to compel developers to provide a greater element of affordable housing. Because of the slow speed at which local planning authorities' local plans were updated – and the recent changes to the planning system which abolished local plans in favour of Local Development Frameworks – local policy is often at variance with PPG3, resulting in confusion and a higher incidence of planning appeals.{{citation required|date=May 2012}}

PPG3 was replaced with Planning Policy Statement 3 (PPS3) in November 2006.

PPG 15 advised local planning authorities on the treatment of historic buildings and the wider historic environment within the planning process. It was introduced in November 1990 following public outcry after a number of high-profile scandals such as the threatened destruction of the Rose Theatre in London by developers. It replaced the earlier Circular 8/87 which was criticised for being ill-focused in both practical and geographical terms. Circulars 01/2001 and 09/2005, which discuss arrangements for handling heritage applications and that amend the existing PPG 15: Planning and the historic environment, were published September 1994.{{Cite book

|id=PPG15

|title=Planning and the Historic Environment

|year=1994

|publisher=HMSO

|isbn=0-11-752944-3

}}

PPG 15 as cancelled and superseded in 2010 by Planning Policy Statement 5: Planning and the Historic Environment.

{{main|PPG 16}}

Originally published in 1990,{{Cite book

|id=PPG16

|title=Archaeology and Planning

|year=1990

|publisher=HMSO

|isbn=0-11-752353-4

}} PPG16 was replaced by PPS 5 in 2010.

PPG24 Planning and Noise was published in 1994.{{Cite book

|id=PPG24

|title=Planning and Noise

|year=1994

|publisher=HMSO

|isbn=0-11-752924-9

}} Noise assessments are normally requested as part of local council planning procedure. Noise tests should be conducted with a Class I noise meter for accurate results. Average noise levels (LAeq) are measured over a full 24-hour cycle - 16 hour (0700 - 2300) daytime, and 8 hour (2300 - 0700) night time. LAeq dB results provide a mean arithmetic average (dB(A)) which fall into a Noise Exposure Category (A, B, C or D), with categories B and C are usually passed with suitable noise mitigation measures put into place.

A - Noise need not be taken as a determining factor in granting planning permission, although the noise level at the high end of the category should not be regarded as a desirable level.

B - Noise should be taken into account when determining planning applications and, where appropriate, conditions imposed to ensure an adequate level of protection against noise.

C - Planning permission should not normally be granted. Where it is considered that permission should be given, for example because there are no alternative sites available, conditions should be imposed to ensure a commensurate level of protection against noise.

D - Planning Permission should normally be refused.

; {{visible anchor|PPG1}}: General Policy and Principles (revised 1997){{Cite book

|id=PPG1

|title=General Policy and Principles

|year=1997

|publisher=HMSO

|isbn=0-11-752630-4

}}

; {{visible anchor|PPG4}}: Industrial and Commercial Development and Small Firms (1992){{Cite book

|title=Industrial and Commercial Development and Small Firms

|id=PPG4

|year=1992

|publisher=HMSO

|isbn=0-11-752723-8

}}

; {{visible anchor|PPG5}}: Simplified Planning Zones (1992){{Cite book

|id=PPG5

|title=Simplified Planning Zones

|year=1992

|publisher=HMSO

|isbn=0-11-752717-3

}}

; {{visible anchor|PPG6}}: Town Centres and Retail Developments (revised 1996){{Cite book

|id=PPG6

|title=Town Centres and Retail Developments

|year=1996

|publisher=HMSO

|isbn=0-11-753294-0

}}

; {{visible anchor|PPG 7}}: The Countryside - Environmental Quality and Economic and Social Development (February 1997){{Cite web

|title=Planning Policy Guidance 7: Countryside

|website=

|url=http://regulations.completepicture.co.uk/pdf/Planning/Planning%20Policy%20Guidance%207-%20Countryside.pdf

}}{{Cite web

|title=Review of Planning Policy Guidance 7

|date=January 2003

|publisher=Wildlife and Countryside Link

|url=http://www.wcl.org.uk/docs/2003/reviewofppg7_wclstatement.pdf

|access-date=2014-01-16

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130523192824/http://www.wcl.org.uk/docs/2003/reviewofppg7_wclstatement.pdf

|archive-date=2013-05-23

|url-status=dead

}}

; {{visible anchor|PPG8}}: Telecommunications (1992){{Cite book

|id=PPG8

|title=Telecommunications

|year=1992

|publisher=HMSO

|isbn= 0-11-752747-5

}}

; {{visible anchor|PPG9}}: Nature Conservation (1994){{Cite book

|id=PPG9

|title=Nature Conservation

|year=1994

|publisher=HMSO

|isbn=0-11-752787-4

}}

; {{visible anchor|PPG12}}: Development Plans and Regional Planning Guidance (1992){{Cite book

|id=PPG12

|title=Development Plans and Regional Planning Guidance

|year=1992

|publisher=HMSO

|isbn=0-11-752586-3

}}

; {{visible anchor|PPG13}}: Transport (1994){{Cite book

|id=PPG13

|title=Transport

|year=1994

|publisher=HMSO

|isbn=0-11-752941-9

}}

; {{visible anchor|PPG14}}: Development on Unstable Land (1990){{Cite book

|id=PPG14

|title=Development on Unstable Land

|year=1990

|publisher=HMSO

|isbn=0-11-752300-3

}}

; {{visible anchor|PPG17}}: Sport and Recreation (1991){{Cite book

|id=PPG17

|title=Sport and Recreation

|year=1991

|publisher=HMSO

|isbn=0-11-752520-0

}}

; {{visible anchor|PPG18}}: Enforcing Planning Control (1991){{Cite book

|id=PPG18

|title=Enforcing Planning Control

|year=1991

|publisher=HMSO

|isbn=0-11-752554-5

}}

; {{visible anchor|PPG19}}: Outdoor Advertisement Control (1992){{Cite book

|id=PPG19

|title=Outdoor Advertisement Control

|year=1992

|publisher=HMSO

|isbn=0-11-752555-3

}}

; {{visible anchor|PPG20}}: Coastal Planning (1992){{Cite book

|id=PPG20

|title=Coastal Planning

|year=1992

|publisher=HMSO

|isbn=0-11-752711-4

}}

; {{visible anchor|PPG21}}: Tourism (1992){{Cite book

|id=PPG21

|title=Tourism

|year=1992

|publisher=HMSO

|isbn=0-11-752726-2

}}

; {{visible anchor|PPG22}}: Renewable Energy (1993){{Cite book

|id=PPG22

|title=Renewable Energy

|year=1993

|publisher=HMSO

|isbn=0-11-752756-4

}}

; {{visible anchor|PPG23}}: Planning and Pollution Control (1994){{Cite book

|id=PPG23

|title=Planning and Pollution Control

|year=1994

|publisher=HMSO

|isbn=0-11-752947-8

}}

• Planning Policy Statements
• Town and country planning in the United Kingdom
• Town and Country Planning Act 1990
• Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004

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• {{Cite book

|title=The Index of Planning Guidance

|year=1995

|publisher=HMSO

|isbn=0-11-753119-7

}}

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