Bristol is planning to scrap the government’s “unrealistic” housing targets in a bid to protect the city’s green spaces. A new study will look at the evidence behind how many new homes Bristol should build over the next two decades, instead of using the government’s targets.
Bristol City Council is writing up its new Local Plan, a hugely important document setting out how the city will grow and where new developments should go up to 2040. The Local Plan includes policies on environment, energy efficiency, disabled access and more.
But currently if the council can’t show in the new Local Plan that it has identified enough land where thousands of new homes can be built, meeting the government’s target, then developers get more leeway and can overcome Local Plan policies, effectively weakening regulations.
