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Recommendation 12
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Significant proportion of local authorities lack adopted or up-to-date local plans, posing risks
Recommendation
As at February 2025, while 65% of local authorities had a local plan more than five years old, around 7% did not have an adopted local plan at all, and it can take up to seven years to publish one.17 The risks associated with not having an adopted, up-to-date local plan include not delivering the new homes in the right location to meet local demand, and being unable to coordinate the appropriate amount of developer contributions.18
Government Response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 19 January 2026. Response attribution to this conclusion has not been verified. Read the response document ↗