Luton Borough Council has confirmed it has started proceedings for a judicial review of neighbouring local authority Central Bedfordshire Council’s decision to approve a major urban extension to the north of Houghton Regis. It comprises approximately 5,000 homes and employment uses including considerable volumes of retail and retail distribution floor space.
The borough council has identified ten separate grounds of challenge. Luton has complained that the urban extension has undermined its own local plan by predetermining a number of issues including the alteration of Green Belt boundaries.
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