Consultation Response from Claygate Parish Council
Introduction
This document, edited by Cllr. Collon, Vice-Chair of Planning, contains Claygate Parish Council’s responses to the Government’s latest Consultation on Proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework, launched in December 2025. These responses were agreed at the Planning Committee held on 5 March 2026. The full consultation can be found at NPPF Consultation (Dec. 2025).
We agreed on a relatively limited scope for our comments, as some sections are less directly relevant to a Parish Council, while others are more technical and best addressed by planning professionals. The most significant sections of the Consultation for Claygate Parish Council are those on ‘Effective Use of Land’ and ‘Green Belt’. Overall, however, we are seriously concerned at the decreased levels of protection proposed for Green Belt and other countryside. The loose definition of ‘Grey Belt’ (Q145) and the proposal to allow development on Green Belt near railway stations (Q133) are particularly worrying.