The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) sets out the Government’s guidance to Local Planning Authorities. Issued by the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MiHoCoLoGo), the framework guides those authorities on how to prepare local development plans and decide…
In early 2021 the Government proposed further changes to the planning system which are designed to improve the attractiveness of new buildings but at the same time would also reduce local control over development. CambridgePPF supports the former but has…
This year, Civic Voice, the national charity for the civic movement are running an award scheme in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the first English Conservation Area. CambridgePPF have nominated the Central Conservation Area in Cambridge as England’s Favourite…
Blue plaque schemes have come in for a bit of criticism in the last year. Some have been accused of giving plaques too freely – the plaque in Norwich which commemorates the boxer Mohamed Ali visiting a supermarket is one…
Who decides what gets built in our city? You might assume that it is the people that are democratically elected by us to make such decisions: the dedicated local politicians on the council planning committee, who give up their time…
