Ep197: Inspector tells developer to pay council’s costs for pulling out of green belt housing appeal at ‘extremely late stage’

In this episode, we’ll be discussing:

A planning inspector ordering a developer to pay a Surrey council’s full costs after pulling out of a 190-home green belt appeal at “an extremely late stage”. A minister approving a land promoter’s 1,700-home scheme on unallocated farmland despite conflict with a local plan. A Court of Appeal ruling that clarifies appeals procedure in planning enforcement cases. New regulations that revise rules around neighbourhood plans, including a new requirement for such plans not to prevent housebuilding in the wider local plan area.

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