A collapsed housing plan for the west of England is a “lost opportunity to shape the region’s future”, according to the metro mayor.
Last month talks collapsed over a masterplan for where tens of thousands of new houses should be built across Bristol, South Gloucestershire, Bath and North East Somerset. The spatial development strategy (SDS) would have held huge sway over new developments.
But council leaders in the region and the West of England metro mayor Dan Norris failed to agree how many homes should be built in each council area. Mr Norris said the three councils would now instead revert back to using “parochial” local plans for future housing.
