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Local Plans News
Local Plan Watch: Councils react angrily to PINS exam findings
Heated exchanges between councils and the Planning Inspectorate (PINS) in the past month over plan examinations features in this week's round-up of local plan news.
Westminster to submit City Plan with ramped up green and affordable housing policies
Westminster City Council is to submit its new draft City Plan for examination after a consultation last year prompted changes including a relaxed maximum size limit on new homes plus stronger environmental and affordable housing targets.
Berkshire council axes 22 draft local plan housing sites following inspector intervention
A Berkshire council has removed 22 housing sites from its draft local plan and reduced the amount of development allocated on green belt land amid a raft of changes made in response to concerns raised by a planning inspector.
'Self-certified' Surrey plan review 'should be given no weight', says QC
A Surrey council's review of its five-year-old core strategy which concluded that an update of the document was not needed - despite its housing requirement falling short of the government's standard method - should be given "no weight" in the planning process, a QC told the Planning for Housing conference yesterday.
Local Plan Updates
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Reading Local Plan - Strategy adopted
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Craven Local Plan - Found Sound
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Northumberland National Park Local Plan - Strategy submitted to Secretary of State
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Isles of Scilly Local Plan - Strategy submitted to Secretary of State
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Chiltern and South Bucks Local Plan - Strategy submitted to Secretary of State
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Reading Local Plan - Found Sound
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Tower Hamlets Local Plan - Found Sound
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Leeds Core Strategy Selective Review - Strategy adopted
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Forest Heath Core Strategy Single Issue Review - Strategy adopted
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Dartmoor National Park Local Plan - Strategy published
- Planning Enforcement Officer Eastleigh Borough Council Eastleigh, Hampshire
- Development Manager Team Leader New Forest District Council Lyndhurst, New Forest
- Planner | Bedford | 1+ years' experience Lewis Davey Bedford, Bedfordshire
- Senior Planning Manager | Housebuilder | 5+ years' experience Lewis Davey South Essex, Near M25
- Planning Consultant Lewis Davey Exeter, Devon
Local Plans In Depth
Local Plan Watch: Newly-merged Dorset council consults on first plan
A recently-formed unitary authority in Dorset has embarked on the first stages of preparing a local plan.
How likely is the secretary of state to step in to determine his first local plan?
The housing secretary is serious in his threat to take over consideration of a long-emerging local plan if a newly-elected council administration decides to withdraw it, say commentators.
Why inspectors backed one council's policy requiring affordable housing contributions from small sites, but blocked another's
Conflicting decisions from inspectors over two constrained councils' attempts in their local plans to seek affordable housing contributions from developers of small sites has prompted some confusion about how far national policy allows authorities to adopt such policies.
Why the housing minister told a council whose plan has just been found sound to focus on brownfield development
The housing minister's response to a Nottinghamshire council's plan to release green belt land for growth illustrates ministers' concerns about green belt development and their desire to see authorities exhaust brownfield options first, say experts. But it also serves as a reminder that authorities often face little option but to release green belt land to meet their housing need, they add.
