Maldon District Council reclaims almost £85,000 in costs...

Maldon District Council will not be involved almost £85,000 in costs incurred by the inspection of their under-fire Local Development Plan.The Planning Inspectorate agreed to write off £84,685.97 after accepting that "the procedural handling of the examination fell somewhat short of the service that they would normally seek to deliver".The examination-in-public stage of the LDP was suspended when inspector David Vickery ruled that not enough provision had been made for...