The Planning Service has no plans to change the basis on which planning applications submitted on or before 16 March 2006 are assessed.
Those planning applications in the system on or before 16 March 2006 will not be affected by Planning Policy Statement 14 “Sustainable Development in the Countryside” (PPS 14) unless they are still being processed when the draft policy is confirmed. At that stage PPS 14 will be have to be taken into consideration.