Mole Valley Local Plan

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 5:09 pm on 22 February 2024.

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Photo of Paul Beresford Paul Beresford Conservative, Mole Valley 5:09, 22 February 2024

I completely agree with the Minister, and with the reasons why the Minister for Housing, Planning and Building Safety wrote to the council. The difficulty is that there were two choices left: one was to withdraw from the green belt; the other was to remain. The council’s choice was to retain the green-belt sites. The Minister said that the council will have to justify its decisions. As I see it, the council will have to justify why it has 30 or so sites—perhaps individually—in that plan in the green belt, in spite of the fact that the local population are vehemently against that.