Housing applications stack up across the west as national planners track local plan progress

Housing proposals of very different scales are due before district councils across the west this month, at the same time as the Planning Inspectorate maintains a national record of where each local planning authority stands.

Plans for 149 houses in the shadow of Malmesbury Abbey are due to come before planners next week, as reported by the Wiltshire Times and the Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard [1][2].

Further south, plans for up to 80 new homes in Stonehouse are among the latest applications submitted to Stroud District Council, the Stroud News and Journal reported [3], while in the Cotswolds the Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard reported that applications for two new homes in Tetbury are among the latest submitted to Cotswold District Council [4].

These applications are being considered by individual councils as the Planning Inspectorate maintains a list of the overall position for each local planning authority, along with local plan examination hearing dates over the coming months [5].