It's a big question - where should new homes be built?
A Nottinghamshire council leader says his area "simply cannot sustain" more than 8,000 new houses after two major developments were officially dropped from a local plan. As part of a Government target to build 300,000 new homes every year, local authorities have been drawing up plans to show how they can deliver thousands more properties in their area.
But Ashfield District Council said that it would scrap the Whyburn Farm development earlier this year after significant local opposition to it. The authority has now officially dropped both Whyburn Farm, along with a 1,000-home development in Sutton, from its local plan.Instead, it is moving forward with a local plan which reduces the initially proposed housing supply by nearly 2,000.
"It was always a tough target to meet and it was always driven by a desktop exercise of the Government rather than looking at the needs of each different district. This Government are determined to foist unprecedented numbers of houses on our precious green spaces. I think by having a robust plan that at least for the next 10 years we can protect that which we hold dear."
A House of Commons vote had to be scrapped last month after dozens of Conservative MPs proposed an amendment calling for the mandatory housing target to be scrapped. Housing Secretary Michael Gove now says that the housing target will become "advisory."
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