Real Estates Insights Podcast: Rewriting the planning rulebook: how the draft NPPF aims to unlock housing delivery across England
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Join host Guy Ruddle and guests Charlie Collins and Diana Thomson from Savills Planning, and Philip Barnes, advisor to the Planning and Development divisions at Savills, as they discuss the draft National Planning Policy Framework (published in December 2025) and how it aims to address housing delivery across England, but also the capital too. This podcast discusses the significance of some of the changes, including viability, settlement boundaries and the grey belt; as well as how this...
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