Save our green belt

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.

Save our green belt

Do you agree with us that the green belt needs to be preserved, brownfield sites prioritised, and schools, transport, and GP places guaranteed?

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Toughening our stance on GATS

Chris Anderson on a student initiative

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by Chris Anderson

1 Dec 2003

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Cllr. Louise Bloom and Eastleigh's Recycling Officers

Recycling the Eastleigh way

Louise Bloom explains how Eastleigh continues to improve its recycling record

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by Louise Bloom

1 Dec 2003

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A typical residential road, with wide carriageways and clear sightlines encouraging motorists to drive fast.

Traffic calming without the hump

Julia Samson examines alternatives to the speed hump

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by Julia Samson

1 Dec 2003

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The Brow housing estate, Runcorn (photo: Paul Burall)

Look back in anger

Traffic calming of the kind described in Julia Samson's article is not new: the pictures below come from 'Streets Ahead', published in 1979. The inability of British local authorities to learn and adopt best practice is scandalous, leaving thousands of people killed or injured in accidents caused by high speeds that should have been designed out of residential roads years ago.

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by Paul Burall

1 Dec 2003

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Huge rise in Torbay councillors allowances a big mistake says Totnes Liberal Democrat

Totnes Liberal Democrat Prospective Parliamentary Candidate, Mike Treleaven, today spoke out against the large rises in allowances that Torbay councillors have awarded themselves. Speaking after Thursday's controversial vote when rises of up to 60% were passed he said:

29 Nov 2003

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Council says Axe the Tax

A meeting of the full council at Eastleigh Borough passed a motion calling on the Government to scrap the unfair and greatly disliked Council Tax and called for it to be replaced with the fairer Local Income Tax.

28 Nov 2003

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