13 Jul 2012, 4:55 pm
The Planning Inspectorate found that the Council's Core Strategy document did not comply with the NPPF in relation to the provision of an up-to-date evidence base and the identification of a five-year rolling land supply for sites for the travelling community.
Problems were also identified with the timing and delivery of future housing and discrepancies in house building target figures. The NPPF requires local authorities to allocate enough developable land to meet five years' worth of housing requirements in their areas, with an additional buffer of five per cent, which rises to 20 per cent where there is "a record of persistent under delivery".
The NPPF allows local planning authorities a twelve month transition period (which expires in March 2013) during which they should update their planning policies so that they accord with the policies in the NPPF.
Hull City Council has been granted a six month suspension of its Core Strategy examination to deal with concerns raised by the Planning Inspector.
A spokesperson for Hull Council said: "The core strategy examination has been suspended for six months. The council is using this time to carry out work on the evidence base, including that relating to Gypsy and Traveller needs. The council is confident that this will allow the core strategy to be found sound in due course".
