On Fri, 06 Jun 2008 09:25:14 +0100, Mark wrote:

I've never heard of "quotas" with respect to planning permission,
unless you mean that they can only process a certain number of
applications per month.

I may have the wrong end of the stick but ISTR that there is something in
the "local plan", possibly orginating from central government, that
restricts the number of new houses that can be built in a given period of
time in a given area.

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Cheers
Dave.