Planning, building and the environment

Planning Policy Statement 7: Sustainable Development in Rural Areas

Planning Policy Statement 7 (PPS7) sets out the Government's planning policies for rural areas, including country towns and villages and the wider, largely undeveloped countryside up to the fringes of larger urban areas.

This replaces Planning Policy Guidance 7: The Countryside - Environmental Quality and Economic and Social Development (PPG7) published in February 1997.

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