SW RSS Delayed – Official Announcement

The Government Office for the South West has finally announced its intentions regarding the South West Regional Spatial Strategy. A further sustainability review is to be carried out, which will take until “early next year”. One of the issues to be looked at is whether there are “reasonable alternatives” to the areas of search in the existing document. This is definitely good news. Firstly because the delay takes the decision even closer to the election, making final issue before the election less likely. Secondly, the fact that the areas of search are to be re-examined means that there is doubt over the areas that might ultimately be chosen by the final RSS, should it be issued. The developers will have less of an argument that their proposals are in line with an emerging document. I am also heartened by the observation made by officials that the high number of objections needs to be taken into account. The campaign has had an effect.

October 4, 2009 · Filed Under general

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