%0 Journal Article
%T A ConsultantĄ¯s view of the NPPF
%A Jonathan Edis
%A Elizabeth Stephen
%J Papers from the Institute of Archaeology
%D 2013
%I Ubiquity Press
%R 10.5334/pia.395
%X From a commercial consultantĄ¯s viewpoint, the major shift in heritage policy occurred in March 2010 with the replacement of PPG15 and PPG16 by PPS5. The subsequent conversion of PPS5 into Part 12 of the NPPF has created some interesting twists and turns, but in essence we have now had more than two years in which to adapt to a wholly new system. It was PPS5 that introduced the balance between harm ¨C that is, change amounting to the erosion of heritage significance ¨C and wider public benefit, and it was PPS5 that formed a clear link between the overall planning balance and the topic-specific weight to be given to change in the historic environment. For the first time, PPS5 set out a national policy framework within which to deal with the effects of change on the setting of heritage assets. It also demonstrated that a workable policy system could be successfully grafted onto diverse pre-existing legislation without the absolute need for a comprehensive National Heritage Act, albeit the present relationship between policy and legislation can sometimes be uncomfortable.
%K development
%K planning
%K National Planning Policy Framework
%U http://pia-journal.co.uk/article/view/384