Hertfordshire council Welwyn Hatfield has paused progress on its local plan citing Boris Johnson’s party conference speech decrying green field housebuilding as justification.

The prime minister last week told delegates at the conference that he wanted to build the homes the country needs “not on green fields” and “not just jammed in the South-east”, which has been interpreted by some Conservative backbenchers as a commitment to no more greenfield housing at all.

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