In its original form (2012) the National Planning Policy Framework suggested that sustainable development should be seen as a “golden thread” running through both plan-making and decision-taking in English land use planning law. Illustrating your answer with examples, how effectively has this objective been maintained in the subsequent operation of the Framework?

Subsequent operation

In its original form (2012) the National Planning Policy Framework suggested that sustainable development should be seen as a “golden thread” running through both plan-making and decision-taking in English land use planning law. Illustrating your answer with examples, how effectively has this objective been maintained in the subsequent operation of the Framework?

4000 words including footnotes but not bibliography.