The Government has doubled the housebuilding target for Stockport, weakened the protections on a third of our precious green belt, and is forcing the Council through Ministerial Directives and threats to adopt a Local Plan which will let developers target green belt first.
We oppose this government’s ‘developers charter’ and need your voice. Do you agree with us that the green spaces that make our area special need to be preserved, and new housing should first be built on brownfield sites, after the infrastructure is provided with schools, improved transport, and GP places guaranteed? Help us send a message to Government and make Labour listen to local people.
Find our more about the local plan on our frequently asked questions page.
Do you agree with us that the green belt needs to be preserved, brownfield sites prioritised, and schools, transport, and GP places guaranteed?
The Shepway Play MAP (Mobile Activity Programme) is a trail of play events that will take place during all school holiday periods for the next three years across Shepway. Three play workers will tour the area with a van full of toys, games and activities and will deliver an exciting range of free play opportunities at play parks and halls across the area.
Local volunteers have successfully launched a new Youth Club in the Fornhams!
It is common to see the Banks being blamed for the current economic crisis but that is far too easy a solution. It would be just as easy to blame local authority planning departments for the financial crisis! Before they erupt in protest it is worth looking at the cause of the deeper crisis that exists within the UK. Though the UK problems are only part of the international picture. The problem in America started in their housing sector which is firmly where the problem lies in the UK. In Germany house prices generally vary by only half of one percent each year. The year before the crisis started house prices in Germany fell by 0.48% and that was greet as good news helping families buy homes. In the UK soaring house prices has for far too long been seen as good news despite the devastation that does to the plans of so many people.
At 2am on Sunday 26th October, the clocks will be wound back an hour as British Summer Time ends. Enjoy the extra hour in bed!
The potential loss of £50 million by Conservative Kent County Council of investments in Icelandic banks is under even closer scrutiny after news that KCC's financial advisers, Butlers, had advised Shepway Council that investments in Iceland were risky due to low liquidity in 2007.
Lib Dem campaigners Adrian Collett and Sue Gadsby are urging as many people as possible to come to the first session of the Pyestock inquiry on 25th November and an 'open evening' on 4th December. These will be held at Hart Leisure Centre, Hitches Lane, Fleet.