questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether a local planning authority is required to maintain a site allocation in its emerging Local Plan notwithstanding the refusal of a speculative planning application on that site; and what recourse is available to local authorities in areas with an emerging Local Plan who face speculative applications during the Examination in Public period.
answerText: Local planning authorities are responsible for preparing local plans and for identifying sites in their plans to guide development to the most suitable locations, supported by the right infrastructure. They can only adopt plans that are found sound by an ...
heading: Local Plans