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Use our new interactive map to view English councils' progress in adopting local plans and view a spreadsheet containing the latest data on local plan coverage from the Planning Inspectorate.
Local Plans News
Inspector recommends 'stepped approach' to Leicestershire local plan housing delivery
A planning inspector has recommended that a Leicester council's draft local plan introduce a 'stepped approach' to housing delivery as part of a series of measures to make the document sound, according to the authority.
Gravesham moots green belt changes to meet 2,000-home shortfall
A Kent council has published a series of options to help it meet a 2,000-home shortfall in its local development framework, the majority of which propose the deallocation of green belt land.
Government hires consultants to support local plan intervention process
The government has hired two consultancies to help them decide whether to take over local plan production at the three councils facing intervention, Planning can reveal.
Guildford council rebuts inspector's 'unrealistic' local plan criticism
A Surrey council has issued a robust defence of its draft local plan after a planning inspector last month criticised its approach to housing delivery, particularly its lack of proposals to help a neighbouring authority meet its unmet housing need.
Local Plan Updates
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Cherwell Local Plan Partial Review- Strategy submitted to Secretary of State
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Amber Valley Local Plan - Strategy submitted to Secretary of State
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Aylesbury Vale Local Plan - Strategy submitted to Secretary of State
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Hammersmith and Fulham Local Plan - Strategy adopted
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Croydon Local Plan - Strategy adopted
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Sutton Local Plan - Strategy adopted
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York Local Plan - Strategy published
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North East Derbyshire Local Plan - Strategy published
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Lancaster Local Plan - Strategy published
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Leeds Core Strategy Selective Review - Strategy published
- Assistant Director - Strategy and Economy Greater Cambridge Shared Planning Cambridge and Cambourne
- Senior Policy Planner Park Avenue Recruitment Ltd Hertfordshire
- Senior Planner Matchtech Hertfordshire
- Planning Officer Ackerman Pierce South London
- Senior Planning Policy Officer Vivid Resourcing West Midlands Region
Local Plans In Depth
How will the government proceed with local plan intervention threat?
The government faces significant obstacles in taking over local plan production at the three councils that face intervention, experts warn.
What proposals to resolve viability in local plans mean for you
Proposals to make planning authorities resolve most viability assessment issues in their local plans will increase plan-makers' workload, say experts. And landowners and developers will also need to play more attention to local plans' viability assumptions.
How standard method aims to cut need argument
Concerns that the government's standard method for calculating councils' objectively assessed housing need would be watered down have proved unfounded.
Local Plan Watch: First Surrey plan adopted in four years
News of the adoption of Waverley Borough Council's local plan - the first Surrey district authority to adopt a local plan for almost four years - features in the latest Local Plan Watch update.
