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?
Dundee LibDems today (Thursday 14th September) have welcomed a report to the City Council's Education Committee recommending support for local schools getting ready for a new technology project.
A BBC report says more than 200 children left without a school after it was destroyed by fire are to be given temporary accommodation in Port Lympne wildlife park.
Following rumours that the 500 bus may be rerouted away from Centre Drive local councillor Janet Whitehouse has written to Arriva to establish the facts.
Two more awards for Chesterfield Borough Council, announced within the last few days, have taken the town's "medals haul" to new heights. The Council has won a score of major awards in the last few years, for projects ranging through licensing, craftsmanship, tourism and health to use of new technology and the achievements of its young craft apprentices.
Almost 800 new jobs have been created by the success of Innovation Centres run by Chesterfield Borough Council. The Centres, designed to act as "seedbeds" for young companies utilising new technology, have done just that - with several firms starting life at the Centres before expanding into their own premises.
At least one option being considered for the future of the Princess Royal Hospital could include its effective closure as a mainstream hospital, Lewes MP Norman Baker has learnt.
