Overwhelming support for Debenham’s Neighbourhood plan has been given in a consultation. The Parish Council heard last night that 354 responses — representing a larger number of people as many submitted responses on behalf of households — were in favour while 48 were against and 6 did not answer the […]
Tag: Sajid Javid
Javid threatens to take-over planning from councils not delivering enough housing
Councils across England will be stripped of their power to decide on local planning matters if they do not approve the number of housing applications the Goverment wants. Sajid Javid, secretary of state for housing, told the Sunday Times (pay wall): We have a housing crisis in this country. We […]
Half of houses with planning permission are not built
A Government investigation into why so many housing developments which have planning permission are not built had been launched by Sajid Javid, the secretary of state for communities and local government. The Local Government Chronicle (requires registration) reports that the review, “will seek to identify the main causes of the […]
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