The number of residential planning applications granted in England has fallen by -8.3% on the year with grants for major developments seeing the biggest drop of all.
Although first-time buyers could be forgiven for focussing on mortgage rates and local house prices, affordability is just one part of the puzzle when deciding where to live.
Suzanne Tucker, head of planning at Midlands law firm FBC Manby Bowdler shares insight on what developers with farm plots need to know about the potential new rules.