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.
Do you agree with us that the green belt needs to be preserved, brownfield sites prioritised, and schools, transport, and GP places guaranteed?
The Liberal Democrats today launch ten positive proposals that will form the centrepiece of their General Election campaign. The launch has been backed by the most substantial advertising campaign in the party's history - with full page adverts in the Daily Mail, The Independent and The Times to be followed up by a fleet of touring poster vans.
The Liberal Democrats today launched their manifesto for the Environment, setting out our plans to protect and improve the environment - helping our pockets, our families, our communities and our world.
New statistics, released without prior warning by DEFRA at 5pm yesterday, show that carbon dioxide emissions in the UK increased by 2.2% in 2003.
The Liberal Democrats today launch 10 positive proposals that will form the centrepiece of their General Election campaign.
Liberal Democrat parliamentary campaigner Michael Headley has reacted to reports from the Borough Council that 3 locations in the Borough have measured nitrogen dioxide levels above government standard levels.
On the second anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, Local Campaigner Colin Ross has demanded that Tony Blair apologises for his pre-war lies. Colin Ross said: "Tony Blair tricked the British people into going to war. He told us there were WMD. There weren't. He must apologise."
