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?
From www.thisiskent.co.uk: Sainsbury's have announced plans to redevelop the Hythe Smiths Medical site, on Military Road, into a 34,000 square foot retail space, with 270 car parking spaces.
Following last week's announcement that representatives from the farming industry had met with Defra Secretary Hilary Benn to discuss skills training, Liberal Democrat Defra Spokesperson Tim Farron has revealed his delight that his Hill Farm Apprenticeship Scheme will soon be given ministerial consideration by the Secretary of State.
One of Park Ward's Liberal Democrat Councillors, Claire Darke, has launched a campaign to have every road with a full set of name plates.
This paper has never counted itself among the Liberal Democrats' most ardent fans. Yet on the current economic crisis, isn't there one figure in the party who has consistently outshone his opponents on both sides of the House?
Liberal Democrat Councillors have promised to continue to ask questions despite new Council rules designed to make it harder to do. In an echo of George Orwell's 1984 these changes have been described as "improvements" by Spelthorne's Tory majority.