Government strips Epping Forest Council of major planning powers

Epping Forest District Council has joined a very small list of councils that have lost their power to determine major planning applications after exceeding the government’s threshold for planning decisions overturned on appeal.Under planning rules, developers can appeal if they believe a council has wrongly refused an application. To discourage councils from rejecting schemes without sound planning grounds, the government monitors how many refusals are later overturned.
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