Nick Boles ,Minister for planning said during parliamentary debate;
There is nothing in the Localism Act 2011, in the NPPF or in any aspect of Government planning policy that requires someone to plan beyond 15 years. So, anybody who is suggesting that there is any requirement to safeguard land or wrap it up in wrapping paper and ribbons for the future development between 2030 and 2050 is getting it wrong. There is no reason for it and my hon. Friend can knock that suggestion straight back to wherever it came from.
http://yorkconservatives.co.uk/planning-minister-poses-problems-for-labours-local-plan-in-york/
But Michael Jones Leader of Cheshire East and the deputy Leader quoted;
This six week consultation will also cover the new safeguarded sites included in the latest draft document, two of which are in Wilmslow - one off Upcast Lane and the other off Prestbury Road.
I spoke with Cllr Michael Jones, Leader of Cheshire East Council, last week regarding the safeguarded sites.
He said "Safeguarding land has come about after a meeting with a planning inspector on the Local Plan who said to be robust we must provide Safeguarded Land. I am very clear that as far as I'm concerned safeguarding land is something which I find particularly difficult to understand.
"We are looking to consult on that obviously but also I want to know about how we're looking at the process of, how can I strategically tell you what it's going to be like in 2030 or further. So I have a problem with that and what I'm looking to do is establish a logic. I can say that at the moment the Strategic Planning team have told me, and I absolutely know it's true, that they've been told to put safeguarded land in by the government.
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