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Housing minister Christopher Pincher has written to Mr Khan to express concern that he is using £250,000 of taxpayers money on a statues commission made up of 15 mainly leftwing activists at a time when he claims he is putting up Londoners’ council tax bills. He pointed out that Labour has backed the destruction of British history and heritage with the party leader Sir Keir Starmer backing the removal of Sir Edward Colston’s statue by a mob of leftwing Black Lives Matter activists in Bristol and the Labour group on the Local Government Associ
By Simon Allin @SimonAllin3 Local Democracy Reporter, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey
The number of homes built in Haringey is below a key target (Image: Pixabay) The leader of Haringey Council has denied claims the local authority has “lost control of planning” after the borough failed to hit a key homes target. Cllr Joseph Ejiofor blamed private developers for the under-delivery of housing after official figures revealed the number of homes built in the borough during the past three years was 2,636 – 60 per cent of the target. Haringey is one of eight London boroughs – including neighbouring Enfield – now placed in a category of “presumption in favour of sustainable development” after failing the Government’s housing delivery test.
MORE than 30 town and parish councils - including Downton and Laverstock - have joined together to appeal for help in protecting the future of neighbourhood planning . The councils have formed the Wiltshire Area Localism and Planning Group (WALPA), and represent more than 200,000 residents across the county. They say urgent action is needed, with Wiltshire s town and parish councils suffering because of significant loopholes in planning legislation . They add that carefully drafted neighbourhood plans - reflecting the views of local communities - can be overruled, unless Wiltshire Council is consistently able to maintain five years’ worth of available housing land. At the moment, they say, Wiltshire does not have that critical five–year supply, which means that developers are challenging Neighbourhood Plans as soon as they are two years old.