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paragraph 14(b)
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Paragraph 14(b) of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) is a legal test that determines whether a neighbourhood plan carries special weight in planning decisions. The tag covers discussions about whether a neighbourhood plan, such as the Modbury Neighbourhood Plan, satisfies this test by including sufficient housing-policy content, settlement boundaries, and development-management policies. Disputes often arise between developers and local communities over the interpretation of paragraph 14(b), with implications for housing allocations and community planning certainty.
The challenge to Modbury’s neighbourhood housing plan turns on a deceptively small planning phrase, but the implications are much larger. At issue is whether the Modbury Neighbourhood Plan has enough housing-policy content to satisfy the legal test in paragraph 14(b) of the National Planning...