Planning Policy Guidelines (PPG) are gradually being replaced by Planning Policy Statements (PPS), which incorporate changes in policy and give a clearer description of conditions accompanied by reasoned arguments for them. Others await review and now some PPS are also undergoing review ostensibly to reduce their size and improve their intelligibility.

Planning Policy Statement 1 (=PPS1 - 25 pages) Delivering Sustainable Development
Planning Policy Guidance 2 (=PPG2 - 25 pages) Green Belts
Planning Policy Statement 3 (=PPS3 - 29 pages) Housing
Planning Policy Statement 4 (=PPS4 - 37 pages) Planning for Sustainable Growth
Guidance to PPS4 on town centres (104 pages) Planning for Sustainable Growth
Planning Policy Statement 5 (=PPS5 - 18 pages) Planning for the Historic Environment
Planning Policy Statement 6 (=PPS6 - 37 pages) Planning for Town Centres
Planning Policy Statement 7 (=PPS7 - 27 pages) Sustainable Development in Rural Areas
Planning Policy Guidance 8 (=PPG8 - 39 pages) Telecommunications
Planning Policy Statement 9 (=PPS9 - 13 pages) Biodiversity & Geological Conservation
Planning Policy Statement 10 (=PPS10 - 27 pages) Planning for Sustainable Waste Management
Planning Policy Statement 11 (=PPS11 - 126 pages) Regional Spatial Strategy
Planning Policy Statement 12 (=PPS12 - 35 pages) Local Spatial Planning
Planning Policy Guidance 13 (=PPG13 - 42 pages) Transport
Planning Policy Guidance 14 (=PPG14 - 29 pages) Development on Unstable Land
Planning Policy Guidance 16 (=PPG16 - 36 pages) Archaeology & Planning
Planning Policy Guidance 17 (=PPG17 - 15 pages) Planning for Open Space, Sport & Recreation
Planning Policy Guidance 18 (=PPG18 - 7 pages) Enforcing Planning Control
Planning Policy Guidance 19 (=PPG19 - 11 pages) Outdoor Advertisement Control
Planning Policy Guidance 20 (=PPG20 - 40 pages) Coastal Planning
Good Practice Guide on Planning for Tourism (48 pages) Tourism
Planning Policy Statement 22 (=PPS22 - 12 pages Renewable Energy
Planning Policy Statement 23 (=PPS23 - 20 pages) Planning & Pollution Control
Planning Policy Guidance 24 (=PPG24 - 40 pages) Planning and Noise - being revised
Planning Policy Statement 25 (=PPS25 - 26 pages) Development and Flood Risk

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 National Policy Statements

These documents were produced by the previous government in order to provide policies for the Infrastructure Planning Commission. The IPC is to continue for a year or so and then it is to be absorbed into the Planning Inspectorate. The policies need parliamentary approval before they can be used, so they may be altered or even abandoned.

1. Overarching National Policy Statement for energy (EN-1) (96 pages)
2. Fossil Fuel Electricity Generating Structure (EN-2) (22 pages)
3. Renewable Energy Generation (EN-3) (75 pages)
4. Gas Supply Infrastructure (EN-4) (32 pages)
5. Electricity Supply Infrastructure (EN-5) (23 pages)
6. Nuclear Power Generation (EN-6) (306 pages)
7. Developing a Ports National Policy Statement (41 pages)