The National Planning Policy Framework could be a move in the right direction

By Gill Kneller | 21 February 2023

Centrally-imposed housing targets simply don’t work for local communities and finally it feels like central Government is listening.

Our council leader has been lobbying about changing the imposed targets for some time because they don’t take local issues and needs into account. East Hampshire faces a double whammy of issues – the imposed targets and a reduced area to build them.

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