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Outer boroughs see significant target increases; several east London boroughs see reductions .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u2022 South East council proposes 50% housing uplift + 19 new sites<\/strong> A council previously advised to withdraw its local plan is now consulting on a <strong>50% higher housing target<\/strong> and <strong>19 additional sites<\/strong>, including a <strong>3,200\u2011home new settlement<\/strong> \u2014 the district\u2019s first in \u201cliving memory\u201d .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u2022 Committee volatility: 108\u2011home scheme approved \u2192 refused \u2192 deferred<\/strong> A planning committee approved a 108\u2011home scheme, then refused it minutes later due to a procedural error, then deferred it \u2014 highlighting governance and decision\u2011making challenges .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u2022 Appeal dismissed: 45 countryside homes<\/strong> An inspector refused a rural scheme due to poor sustainable transport links, despite the council having only a <strong>2.5\u2011year housing land supply<\/strong> .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thursday takeaway<\/strong> Housing delivery, local plan recalibration and committee performance remain the dominant themes shaping workloads across DM, policy and strategic planning teams.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Housing policy shifts, London Plan changes, committee volatility &amp; national policy updates Housing, local plan reform and national policy updates continue to dominate today\u2019s planning landscape.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - 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