A council says it will not have to increase its house-building targets to satisfy new government ambitions for more homes.
Since the Labour Government was elected it has announced plans for 1.5million more homes – to tackle 'the most acute housing crisis in living memory'.
Telford & Wrekin Council is at an earlier stage in its local plan process, but questions have been raised over whether the increased government targets will impact on its own plans for housing in the borough. The plan will actually include ambitions to build 20,200 homes up until 2040 – but the council has stressed that sites for the remainder of housing, making up 55 per cent of the overall target, have already been approved, or are under construction.
A spokesman for the council said:"The impact of the proposed National Planning Policy Framework changes here in Telford and Wrekin are limited.
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