An Essex council which has already been put in “special measures” over the quality of its decision making has yet again delayed progress on its local plan.

Uttlesford Council, which since 2019 has been run by the anti-development “Residents for Uttlesford” party which was set up to campaign against previous local plan proposals, said in a statement on its website that a consultation on the new plan, expected this summer, has been put back until November.

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