Peers have passed an amendment to the Neighbourhood Planning Bill that would ensure that the government cannot prevent local authorities from attaching conditions to planning permission where those conditions meet the policy tests in the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF).
The amendment, moved by former Lib Dem Department for Communities and Local Government Minister Lord Stunell, requires that “no regulations shall be made … that would have the effect of preventing a local planning authority from requiring a condition that would otherwise be in conformity with the NPPF”.