Local Plan: Response to Minister for Housing and Planning

NewsUpdated: 26 March 2026Planning
Three Rivers House

Three Rivers District Council has formally responded to Matthew Pennycook MP,  Minister for Housing and Planning at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government over the Government's intervention over its local plan.

You can read the response from Cllr Stephen Giles-Medhurst OBE, the leader of the council, and co-signed by all party group leaders here.

On 18 March the council leader received a letter from Matthew Pennycook, Minister of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, directing the council to include seven sites in its draft plan which had previously been ruled out.

And find out more about the Local Plan here.