The Planning Podcast
The Planning Podcast
No5 Chambers
The Planning Podcast Ep 060 - The vision-led approach, the new severe impact test
18 minutes Posted Mar 9, 2026 at 5:00 pm.
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The new draft NPPF seeks to progress a vision-led approach to transport planning, but the guidance to support it has only been consulted upon with local authorities. As for the draft NPPF itself, there is a new approach to the "severe" test, and the Government wants more development around railway stations, but is suggesting it be limited to 800m. In this fourth episode of the 'NPPF Flashpoint' series, Christopher Young KC and James Corbet Burcher are joined by Phil Jones (Chairman of PJA, a...