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?
At a meeting on Tuesday, Feb.12th the public were able to see the plans for these two new developments and ask questions. One of the main changes to the road system is that it will not be possible to drive up all the way up Lambley Lane without using the new road.
Following the closure of local post offices all your Liberal Democrat Councillors wrote to the County Council asking them to look closely at existing bus routes. We felt that some people would find it difficult to reach the remaining post offices by public transport.
Today government has released the Regional Spatial Strategy (RSS) which sets out the development plans for the next 13 years in the region.
Nigel Quinton, LibDem parliamentary candidate, has today blasted the government for its failure to listen to local people and expert opinion - yet again. Today's much delayed publication of the East of England Plan - or Regional Spacial Strategy to give its full title - offers little for Hitchin and Harpenden residents other than years of painful protest.
The Liberal Democrats have restated their backing for a mixed-use development on Chelmer Waterside that takes account of residents concerns and environmental issues. They support demolishing the old gasworks and developing the area as a retail, leisure and residential destination, but they have attacked what the council is now proposing because it will cram too much development and traffic into one space.
Chelmsford Liberal Democrats have been out campaigning about the Council's plans to redevelop Riverside. They plan to remove the outdoor pool and diving facilities, and reduce the length of the indoor pool and the size of the car parking facilities.