Hourigan Connolly was appointed by Gladman Developments to conduct a study of the approach taken by York City Council towards the proposed allocation of Green Belt land and of those new residential proposals to be located within the Green Belt and included in the City of York Local Plan.
We were able to demonstrate that the approach to proposing significant new development in the established Green Belt at the chosen locations was inconsistent with national policy requirements and that as a result insufficient housing land had been identified.
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