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Part 1 Hearing Sessions into the BCP Local Plan took place on 21 to 23 January 2025 and have now concluded. These sessions focused on compliance with statutory procedures and legal requirements, housing need and the housing requirement.

The Local Plan Inspectors have written a letter to the council recommending that we withdraw the Local Plan, the primary reason being that they consider there was a failure in the duty to cooperate.

We are obviously disappointed by the conclusions of the letter and the Council will now carefully consider its next steps.