Natural England has given a South east council the green light to restart issuing planning permissions for housing developments after a solution was found to a “nutrient neutrality” blockage which housebuilders hope can be replicated in other areas.

Natural England lifted the embargo on new planning permissions from Dover council after a study convinced it that new homes will have an ‘insignificant’ impact on water quality in the Stour Valley and Stodmarsh catchment areas.

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