The Labour Government has doubled the housing targets for Stockport, while weakening the protections for green belt. As a result, developers are targeting building on our green spaces first; this means that the houses are less affordable, less accessible, and in the wrong places for people struggling to get on the housing market.
On average, an “affordable house” in the villages outside Stockport, by the Government's definition, still costs £323,8231. The average cost of an affordable house in Stockport town centre is just £167,5132. Only one of those is within reach for the vast majority of first-time buyers.
That's why we're calling on the Government to change its approach and provide new housing that communities want. That means social and affordable housing. That means housing on brownfield sites first. And it means building the GPs, schools and transport links that make local people's lives better, not put an added strain on the system.
If you think that the UK should be building more truly affordable housing, with better schools and healthcare, and with the community being part of the process, sign our petition.
Do you believe the Government should give local residents more say in the planning process, to guarantee brownfield development first, and to ensure that schools and GPs must be an essential part of any large development?
MP Lisa Smart is pushing for the Department of Transport to change the status of blood bikes when operating under emergency conditions at a national level.
MP Lisa Smart is working with the People’s Postcode Lottery to promote a funding workshop for local charities to see how they can apply for funds in their community.
MP Lisa Smart has said that delivery on changes to special educational needs (SEND) provision is key, after Schools Minister Georgia Gould met with Greater Manchester MPs and parents to hear their concerns.
Local Liberal Democrat MPs Lisa Smart and Tom Morrison put the case for better central government funding for Stockport, together with Labour MP Nav Mishra, at a meeting with local government minister Alison McGovern.
MP Lisa Smart has written to the new police chief superintendent for Stockport to ask for progress on dealing with off road bikes, following a major operation in the area last year.
The desperate shortfall in resources to allow the local mental health trust to carry out autism and ADHD assessments was laid bare by local MP Lisa Smart in parliament – at current rates it would take at least 12 years to clear the waiting list.