emerging plan

An inspector has cited the ‘tilted balance’ in approving a housing scheme that would harm a designated gap between two Bedfordshire villages, despite the imminent adoption of a new local plan that will...

An inspector has discounted an emerging plan policy that prohibits holiday homes in Swanage in removing an occupancy condition on a flat, citing objectors to the policy who had, ironically, argued that it...

An inspector has granted outline permission for a major housing scheme in Nottinghamshire after the council withdrew its emerging local plan at a late stage, delaying the process of identifying new sites for...

The housing secretary has blocked plans for 203 homes near Milton Keynes against the advice of his inspector, citing a recent change to the definition of ‘deliverable’ in the revised NPPF....