Judge quashes 300-home town centre permission due to ‘poorly drafted’ local plan policy

The High Court has quashed a council's planning consent for a 300-home mixed-use scheme on a derelict town centre site, ruling that a "poorly-drafted" local plan policy meant a rival developer's challenge to the permission must succeed.

by Michael Donnelly

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