“The research found that in eight of the targeted rural authorities local plans which set out where homes can be built for five years were challenged after house building rates fell in the recession. It cited examples in Devon, Norfolk and South Cambridgeshire.”

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/greenpolitics/planning/11291259/Streetwise-builders-fighting-planning-protections-to-build-in-two-thirds-of-rural-areas-says-National-Trust.html