There is an episode of Blackadder in which a very drunk Lord Melchett accuses Edmund of twisting and turning 'like a twisty turny thing .' What's this got to do with anything? Well I was trying to think of something with more twist and turns than the Cheshire East Local Plan and all I could think of was Lord Melchett. The latest twist (or turn...) came on Friday, with the publication of the Elworth Hall Farm, Sandbach appeal decision , which is the first to consider the Housing Position Statement published by the Council in February. That statement claimed a 5.13 or 5.86 year supply depending upon whether or not a 5% or a 20% buffer is used. The Elworth Hall Farm inspector concludes only that the Council has not demonstrated a five year supply of deliverable housing sites, but the appellants in the case, Rowland Homes, claimed a 3.45 to 3.95 year supply. To paraphrase Oscar Wilde, to have one land supply calculation (the 7.15 year supply included in the ...
Hello. My name is Sam, I am a Town Planner and I sometimes write about town planning-related things (in my own time and as an expression of my own opinions). I used to podcast, there is a link to that on this page somewhere, and I circulate a newsletter from time to time. There is a link to that somewhere as well. Should you be so inclined, I am on Bluesky (@samuelstafford.bsky.social) and Instagram (@samuel__stafford).