UK plan to build 24,000 homes faces legal challenge

Robert Jenrick accused of massive intervention' on scheme incompatible with commitment to climate crisis

A plan to build more than 20,000 homes in rural Oxfordshire, championed by secretary of state for housing Robert Jenrick, is facing a legal challenge from residents who say it is incompatible with the government's legally binding commitments to tackle the climate emergency.

Campaigners have issued a legal claim against South Oxfordshire district council's decision to go ahead with the local plan - which sets out proposals to build 24,000 new homes in the area by 2035.