Member

We have agreed in a number of debates over the years that reinforcing the importance of plan-making and the adoption of and support for a local development plan is the best way of securing progress. As was reinforced by what the Minister said in an earlier debate, it is one of the very best ways of ensuring that decisions are made by the council and councillors through the development plan and not overridden by developers because of the absence of an up-to-date local plan.