The Daily Decision Digest: 15-17 August 2026

On the day the new NPPF was released, 69 appeal decisions were decided (still under the old framework), allowing 40 residential units or bedspaces, counting self contained homes, HMO bedrooms, C2 care places and residential caravans — the decisions below cover Green Belt and grey belt housing, noise evidence for industrial development, urban intensification, housing stock protection, specialist…