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?
Windsor Conservatives last week launched an all out attack on the Olympic Delivery Agency over concerns about transport chaos during the 2012 Olympic Rowing at Dorney Lake. Liberal Democrats warned about these problems when the Conservatives cancelled plans for an M4 Park & Ride in 2007.
New figures released by Mid Sussex District Council show a big shortfall in the income from car parking tickets issued in the district's car parks since prices were hiked up earlier this year - despite Lib Dem opposition warnings at the time that it was the wrong moment to be increasing charges. "It's time that the Tories put their hands up and admitted that they've made a massive error of judgement on this issue." says Burgess Hill councillor Heather Ross.
The Co-op is set to open in the High Street, taking the former premises of Woolworths, which will provide a second major food store.
Throughout the summer the Newburn Lib Dem Team has been surveying local residents to find out what you think.
The installation of fencing on the north side has happened at long last and the south side will follow once problems with utility pipes and mains have been resolved.
Barnet Council has paid out £1.79million in compensation to people who have been injured by tripping on pavements in the borough in the past five years. It is ranked the ninth worst local authority in the country according to information the Liberal Democrats obtained under the Freedom of Information Act.