{"id":940,"date":"2026-02-26T16:17:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T16:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sussex-air.net\/air-pollution\/?page_id=940"},"modified":"2026-02-26T16:22:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T16:22:28","slug":"guidance-for-planning","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sussex-air.net\/air-pollution\/improving-air-quality\/what-are-we-doing\/guidance-for-planning\/","title":{"rendered":"Guidance For Planning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section data-aos=\"fade-in\" class=\"hero\">\n    <div class=\"bg-img bg-cover\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.sussex-air.net\/air-pollution\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/chartAsset-1.svg);\"><\/div>\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <div data-aos=\"fade-up\" class=\"content-wrap\">\n            <h1>Guidance<br \/>\nfor<br \/>\nPlanning<\/h1>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<section class=\"content-column about\">\n    <div class=\"ov-wrap\">\n        <div data-aos=\"fade-up\" class=\"container\">\n            <div class=\"flex-wrap\">\n                <div class=\"col-2\">\n                    <div class=\"content-wrap heading-wrap\">\n                        <h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Guidance for Planning<\/h2>\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"col-2\">\n                    <div class=\"content-wrap content-column-content\">\n                        <p>The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) states that air quality is a material consideration when development is planned. Sussex local authorities have developed guidance to assist developers to:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Assess the potential for air quality impacts from development and transport-related emissions<\/li>\n<li>Provide a consistent approach to mitigating those impacts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Local Planning Authority expects developments to have followed this guidance and will require an air quality assessment where it deems air quality impacts from the development may be detrimental to the environment or people\u2019s health.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">DOCUMENTS<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sussex-air.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Sussex-AQ-Guidance-V.1.2-2021.pdf\">Air quality and emissions mitigation guidance for Sussex (2021)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":935,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-940","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - 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