A cross the country, local authorities have been abandoning plans for new housing development as they began to exercise their new right to set their own housing targets, following Eric Pickles' revocation of the Regional Spatial Strategies (RSSs). These authorities will now be in some confusion following the High Court decision last week that the revocation was unlawful. However, the government is still determined to abolish the RSSs and the Localism Bill is expected to be pushed through by the end of 2011. In all probability, local authorities will therefore plough ahead with defining their own housing targets, so what does all this mean for housebuilders?
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