The Leader of East Devon District Council says he is “relaxed” about the failure of the draft Local Plan at its first hurdle.  He said:

“In the circumstances I am relaxed about the extra work we have to do. We will now put together an action plan showing what we will be doing and when. We hope to go back to the inspector in the autumn with the extra information he needs”.

Can we trust someone who is so relaxed to motivate others (the same people who gave the Inspector the first draft plan which took 5 years and one false start to produce) to give the Inspector what he needs and to give it to him quickly enough to put a stop to the development frenzy that shows no sign of abating and every sign of increasing during this policy vacuum?

Is an “action plan” enough?  Is” hope” enough?  Is being relaxed the appropriate way to deal with this crisis?