housing need

The Planning Inspectorate has recommended that Sevenoaks District Council should withdraw its local plan from examination because of reservations over unmet housing need.

Potential changes to the government's standard methodology for calculating housing need mean two Staffordshire councils have delayed consultation on their draft joint local plan.

Fareham Borough Council has said it will tear up its draft local plan because of the new way to calculate housing need introduced in revisions to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF).

Last week the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) published new and updated Planning Practice Guidance (PPG). This reflects the revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF),...