West Berkshire Council has confirmed it will not challenge the Government on the Local Plan. It means, in the words of one councillor, that somewhere the size of Hungerford will now be attached to Thatcham. The Government had threatened to take over planning control if the Liberal Democrat authority carried through its threat to ditch the Local Plan, which was formed under the previous Conservative administration. The same day that the council received the letter, Secretary of state for levelling up Michael Gove told local councils they would lose planning control unless they sorted their Loca…