Councils that fail to agree a local plan could face
direct government intervention under new reforms just proposed. Over the summer
recess, the government will set a deadline by which time local authorities will
be expected to have local plans in place, after which the Secretary of State
will have the power “to arrange for a local plan to be written, in consultation
with residents”. The government also intends to produce league tables of local
authorities ranked by their progress in developing their local plans. Ministers
have committed to making local plans “more responsive to local needs”. Read
more on the Planning Portal.
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