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National Planning Policy Framework

Inquiry status: Report and Government Response published.

The House of Commons Communities and Local Government Committee were invited by the Minister for Planning and Decentralisation to examine the draft National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), which was published on Monday 25 July.

The Committee published its report on 21 December 2011.

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