Correspondence

Local Plans: letter from the Chief Planner to the Chief Executive of the Planning Inspectorate

The Chief Planner has written to the Planning Inspectorate to remove temporary arrangements for local plan examinations introduced in July 2022.

Applies to England

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Inspectors can resume sending letters or reports which conclude that local plans are unsound and incapable of being made so and/or which advise councils that local plans should be withdrawn.

Inspectors should continue to address any local plan shortcomings in correspondence with councils in a constructive and pragmatic way.

Published 8 March 2023