Eight councils face presumption in favour of sustainable development

This means these local authorities face a presumption in favour of sustainable development (see box). The 2018 results, the first year of the test, didn’t see any council facing this situation.When the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) was revised in 2018, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) laid down that local authorities must deliver 95 per cent of........