Thanks to East Devon Alliance for alerting SOS to this news:

Our planning inspector’s name has been announced – Tony Thickett. He has featured on many high profile Local Plan inspections and has given some of them a fairly rough ride.  This MAY be good news for East Devon.  However, the downside is that if he finds the plan wanting then developers continue their free-for-all.  

http://www.planningresource.co.uk/news/1180381/Council-told-ditch-core-strategy-housing-evidence/

http://www.solihull.gov.uk/Attachments/DFH_3_-_appendix_2_for_Pegasus.pdf

http://www.theguardian.com/cardiff/2010/mar/22/cardiff-council-local-development-plan-welsh-assembly-government
(in this one, he worries about flood risk)