South Glos Post.

Ministers agree to council demands on housing targets and business rates

Government Ministers have agreed to implement demands put forward by Conservative councillors. Back in the summer 2009, South Gloucestershire Council’s Conservative Cabinet used the Sustainable Communities Act to call on the previous government to scrap the Regional Spatial Strategy (RSS) and its 32,800 housing target for the district, as well as for small business rate relief to be paid automatically.

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