Silkin Test
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The Silkin Test is a UK planning policy designed to control major developments which will have an impact on areas classified as National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).
The three main criteria state that -
1. it must be in the National interest;
2. there is no practicable alternative to development in a National Park;
3. must be built in a way that minimises detrimental effects on the environment. [1]
The test is contained in Planning Policy Statement (PPS) 7: Sustainable Development in Rural Areas (formerly PPG7 [2])
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[edit] History
The criteria were first proposed by the then Minister of Town and Country Planning, Lewis Silken MP in 1949. [3]
[edit] Notable applications
South Wales Gas Pipeline (2007)
[edit] See also
Lewis Silkin, 1st Baron Silkin
Sandford approach (1976)
Waldegrave formulation (1987)
[edit] References and footnotes
- ^ Government News Network (7 February 2007). "Environmental conditions placed on South Wales pipeline". Press release.
- ^ until August 2004 the test was contained in it's precursor - Planning Policy Guidance (PPG) 7: The Countryside – Environmental Quality and Economic and Social Development
- ^ Brotherton, D I (1989). "The evolution and implications of mineral planning policy in the national parks of England and Wales". Environment and Planning A21 (9): 1229-1240. doi:.
