If they cannot demonstrate sufficient sites to meet 5 years of need arising, then the famous ’tilted balance’ in paragraph 11 of the NPPF applies automatically, and planning permission for housing proposals will be harder to refuse.ĭeliverable: To be considered deliverable, sites for housing should be available now, offer a suitable location for development now, and be achievable with a realistic prospect that housing will be delivered on the site within five years.

Local planning authorities are obliged by the NPPF to consider their future supply of housing land, and calculate whether they have identified sufficient ‘deliverable’ sites to meet their needs arising (whether against the housing target in their plan, or the Local Housing Need derived from use of the Standard Method). The Secretary of State has confirmed that this interpretation is incorrect (and an error of law). that the only types of sites that can be considered are those listed there. See Rocks and Stones.In a development which is likely to have major implications for the way in which local planning authorities go about calculating their five-year supply of housing land, the Secretary of State has consented to judgment in a s.288 appeal against a decision of one of his planning inspectors in which the inspector took the view that the definition of ‘deliverable’ in the Glossary to the NPPF is a ‘closed list’ – i.e. Believers are encouraged to become themselves living stones like the Living Stone and be built into a spiritual house ( 1 Peter 2:5 ). There then comes a warning: those who believe consider the stone to be something precious but those who do not believe are warned that the stone which they have rejected has become the head of the corner ( Psalm 118:22 ) and, further, this stone will make them stumble and fall ( Isaiah 8:14 compare Romans 9:33 ). This is substantiated by a quote from Isaiah 28:16. Here the appeal to the reader is to come to the living stone (Jesus) the people rejected but precious in God's sight. In 1 Peter 2:4-8, the two cornerstone passages are quoted in addition to Isaiah 8:14. The Synoptic gospels quote Psalm 118:22 after the parable of the wicked tenants to show the rejection and ultimate triumph of Christ ( Matthew 21:42 Mark 12:10 Luke 20:17 compare Acts 4:11 Ephesians 2:20-22 ). The symbolism is clear: Jesus Christ is the only sure foundation of faith. In the New Testament Psalm 118:22 and Isaiah 28:16 are quoted (or alluded to) and applied to Christ. Jeremiah declared that Babylon would be so utterly devastated that nothing useful would remain, not even a stone for use in a foundation ( Jeremiah 51:26 ). God promised through Isaiah that Zion would be restored, resting on the cornerstone of the renewed faith of Israel ( Isaiah 28:16 ). The figure is often applied to rulers or leaders ( Psalm 118:22 Psalm 144:12 Isaiah 19:13 NIV, REB, NAS Zechariah 10:4 ).

Used symbolically as a symbol of strength and prominence in the Bible. The stone laid at the corner to bind two walls together and to strengthen them.

Cornerstone definition