Planning Act 2008: procedures for reviewing and amending National Policy Statements (June 2026)
Publication Year
2026
Document Status
Current
Abstract
Explains the National Policy Statement review and amendment process. Covers: purpose, legal status, reviewing NPSs, options following completion of a review, material changes to a NPS, routine amendment procedure, reflective amendment procedure, non-material changes to a NPS, consideration of NPS in decision making, NPS review timetable and transitional provisions.
Document History
Last updated: 17 June 2026 - Updated to reflect changes implemented by the Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025. Sourced from: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/planning-act-2008-guidance-on-the-process-for-carrying-out-a-review-of-existing-national-policy-statements and converted to pdf. Whilst we endeavour to capture all updates it is subject to receiving alerts from the publisher and there may be formatting or punctuation changes applied to the html version that do not affect the text. Document type: guidance. First published: 20 May 2021.
Publisher Information
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is a UK Government ministerial department with responsibility for several policy areas including building regulation, community integration, economic development in coastal and seaside areas, energy efficiency in buildings, high streets and town centres, housing, local enterprise partnerships (LEPs) and Enterprise Zones, localism, planning reform and the planning system. They were previously known as the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, MHCLG, Department for Communities and Local Government, the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, and the Department for Transport and Local Government.
