Stevenage Borough Council has launched a judicial review challenge over the temporary holding direction of its Local Plan.

The Stevenage Borough Local Plan was submitted to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on 21 July 2016 and received a positive inspector’s report in October 2017 recommending its adoption.

The council said that following the imposition of the holding direction, it had provided detailed information to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) with all questions responded to by the start of last year.