Up to 100,000 new homes have been put on hold due to the moratorium affecting large parts of Norfolk, Hampshire, Devon and the Northeast. The move threatens to derail Boris Johnson’s campaign promise to build 300,000 homes a year, with developers warning of “serious” consequences for industry and local economies. Michael Gove’s leveling officials are said to be “urgently investigating” measures to try to address the extensive ban imposed by Natural England last month and now affecting 42 local authorities. But they have admitted it will have a “direct impact”
