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?
A couple who set up an internet support community for fellow parents of children with special needs hope it can become a charity due to its success. Debbi Robertson and partner Graham Brockie, of Portlethen, Aberdeenshire, set up Extra Special Parents two years ago after daughter Willow was born. Willow had a rare congenital condition and they felt "upset and isolated".
Surrey County Council's governing Executive Committee is set to meet at 2.30 pm on Tuesday 25 March 2008 to finally decide whether or not to lease Nonsuch Park and its Mansion House to the Epsom & Sutton councils whose joint management committee (JMC) has run the park for them for the last 70 years. Campaigners, including Sutton's Lib Dem MP, are encouraging those concerned about the future of Nonsuch to attend this meeting to demonstrate the strength of public feeling locally on this issue when D-Day (Decision Day) finally arrives
Newcastle's Lib Dem leaders have welcomed the city's success in getting six new Sure Start centres by the end of 2008.
Vehicle-activated signs aimed at slowing down the traffic in London Road (suggested by Cllr Karen Chilvers at November's Environment Panel), are being put forward for members' consideration at the meeting of the panel on in March.
Dundee LibDems today (Thursday 6th March) said that the Labour Westminster Government was "twisting and turning" on ID cards, showing clearly that its ID cards policy is in tatters.
Because of some problems with the originally submitted documents, Spelthorne Council has been forced to readvertise the Local Development Framework. You have until the 17th April to give your input on this important document that will shape Spelthorne for the next 20 years.