✅ This is the most pro-farming planning shift in a generation. For years UK farmers have worked within a planning system that defaulted to caution and resistance, even where proposals were essential to keeping the business viable. That mindset is now starting to change, and the December 2025 NPPF consultation makes that clear. The direction of travel is towards support rather than obstruction. Planning policy is beginning to reflect the reality that farms must modernise, invest and diversify to