Posted by John Dawson the Society’s planning expert:

“The examination hearings are being conducted over a 4 week period that began 24th February and will conclude 20th March.

The Inspector has already declared that MSDC have not allowed for enough housing over the lifetime of the plan and in particular have not made sufficient allowance to accommodate the unmet need of adjacent authorities.

The District Plan as submitted for examination was based on building 999 new dwellings per year but MSDC have now been instructed to re-assess sites previously omitted from the plan in order to achieve approx 1300 new dwellings per year. A timescale for the re-assessment of sites is to be published 20th March.”