A new Government consultation on planning proposes an ‘immense’ increase in the number of homes to be built in East Hampshire. 

The proposals include an 86 per cent increase in housing numbers - going from 575 homes a year to 1,074.  The Government is contacting councils across the country as it revises its planning guidelines through a consultation entitled “Playing your part in building the homes we need”. 

Cllr Richard Millard said: “These new numbers are immense and could destroy our rural district if they come to fruition.

As soon as the new Government was in place Cllr Millard wrote to Angela Rayner, explaining the unfair system of calculating housing numbers and asking her to look at the unique situation of East Hampshire. 

The Government intends to publish the revised framework by Christmas. Consultation closes on September 24 at 11.45pm.