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.
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Do you agree with us that the green belt needs to be preserved, brownfield sites prioritised, and schools, transport, and GP places guaranteed?
When the County Council was asked to provide a sign "Unsuitable for Long Vehicles", Cllr Julie Morris was told that double-articulated lorries have every right to use a residential road and that it was parked vehicles, which include those of residents, which were causing the obstruction and at fault.
Government plans to force 17,100 new houses on Mid Sussex District Council could cost £1 billion in infrastructure costs to pay for new roads, sewage systems, schools and community facilities. Yet at the same time the number of housing starts this year in the UK is set to be the lowest since 1924 and with the decline in house prices, the dependence on developers to contribute for new infrastructure may not be forthcoming.
Kent Trading Standards have received reports of bona fide Kent based company email addresses being impersonated by scammers based in Nigeria in an attempt to defraud victims.
SMALL business owners are being urged to respond to a borough-wide survey to find out how the credit crunch is affecting their trade.
Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg today announced his team for the next General Election. He said: "I am proud to lead the best front-bench team in British politics, a team which has consistently been ahead of the curve on the big debates that matter to the British people.
Local MP Tim Farron brought together representatives of Sedbergh's parish council, health centre and the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority on Monday to seek a way forward in the row over a new health centre for the town.