ABSTRACT
Chapter 6 presented aggregate data showing that there is generally a degree of acceptance among planning professionals within local planning authorities across England and Wales for national planning policy guidance in planning policy formulation. The research discussed in Chapter 6 indicated that the use of the government’s Planning Policy Guidance Notes in providing direction and monitoring in planning policy formulation under the plan-led process forms an important part of the operation of land use planning in England, Scotland and Wales. This has occurred while local planning authorities have been required to produce a district-wide local plan if local policies are to benefit from the increased weight afforded to local plan policies in determining development control decisions.
