Watermead housing thrown out

Plans for 1,560 homes on a 300-acre site between Watermead and Bierton have been unanimously refused by Aylesbury Vale District Council. The developer, Hallam Land, already has an appeal lodged with the planning inspectorate for an earlier, identical scheme turned down by AVDC last year.

Following the withdrawal of the Vale of Aylesbury Plan, the council does not have a five year land supply and the developers will use this to press the planning inspectorate to give approval to this scheme.