From EDDC’s latest press release on the very, very delayed Local Plan:

The report to DMC explains that once consultants have provided a full SHMA report that addresses all the issues,

“an industry workshop should be held to consult with housebuilders before a final report can be produced and agreed with all of the commissioning authorities.”

i.e. AFTER the numbers have been decided (presumably taking necessary growth into account) developers will be allowed to change them! Can you honestly see any developer saying “Yeah, that looks about right” or “Oh, no, that’s far too much”!

It’s like a Bank Manager giving a burglar the keys to the vault and asking him to count the money!

A correspondent points out this is a central government initiative not a local one – which doesn’t improve matters one bit!

Source:
http://www.eastdevon.gov.uk/communications_and_consultation.htm?newsid=1174