I received this from the Community Planning Alliance.  The National Planning Policy Framework is the Government's Guidelines on Planning.  Find out more here. https://www.communityplanningalliance.org/nppf-consultation.html

Dear Campaigner & Supporter
We are asking each of you to respond to the NPPF consultation.    We know that the development sector will be responding strongly. If you are really short of time, as we know many of you are, juggling everything else that goes on in your lives.

Refurbish Don't Demolish has tweaked some of the text that you can send as is or edit if you prefer.   Text below so you can literally copy and paste!!

To:  PlanningPolicyConsultation@levellingup.gov.uk

Dear Sir or Madam,

Thank you for the opportunity to respond to this consultation. I welcome the overall shift in emphasis towards communities and seek much more of this in the forthcoming consultations. Earlier and more effective engagement with communities will lead to a less confrontational planning system.

My specific comments are:
- The term 'brownfield' has been misused to include land of high value under estates.  This is degrading and this labelling must be stopped.
- Targets must reflect the actual needs of the population.  Government continues to insist on using out-of-date projections (2014) and we urge an immediate change to guidance to insist (as previously) on most up-to-date projections. 
- There is an urgent need to link house building to affordability.  The planet and people cannot waste more time and resources on investment properties.  Housing targets must meet the needs of the local population. Enough is enough.  The Standard Method, which does not make housing affordable and simply supports developers to build market homes where they want to, must be reviewed.

-  I strongly support the changes proposed to paragraph 11 and the five-year housing supply. It is essential that councils can plan, instead of being subject to speculative development & planning by appeal.

- 'JUSTIFIED' must be reinstated as a soundness test in plan-making – a local authority must be able to demonstrate why it has chosen a strategy and to support it with appropriate evidence.

-  Mentions of brownfield, farmland, climate and density are welcomed. However, this needs to go further:
Estates must be removed immediately from the classification of brownfield land.  They are not ripe for development, just because the proprietor is looking to make money.
Brownfield first policy is implemented, only once estates have been removed, when suitable.
Protection for BMV in policy, not footnote
Climate – carbon impact assessment for local plans essential
Gentle or goldilocks density first
Environment – the six focus areas must be clearly set out in NDMPs and NPPF and linked to Government’s environmental announcement January 2023.

Yours faithfully