August 30th, 2005 at 12:05pm Under The South East Plan
I didn’t realise that FASTWAY is an acronym!
Here’s what it stands for:
F = Folly
A = Adding
S = Surplus
T - Traffic
W = Without
A = Achieving
Y = Yield
So, it IS living up to expectations!
By Jez Add comment
August 9th, 2005 at 09:25pm Under General+ The South East Plan
Here’s another example of the SOUTH EAST PLAN being taken advantage of by builders making money out of government policy - BARRATT HOMES in this case.
The owners of large houses along the A25 west of Reigate town centre have been tempted to sell their large garden to BARRATT’s so that they can build a whole housing estate even though there are trees situated in these gardens with preservation orders on them.
If it wasn’t for the the SOUTH EAST PLAN planning permission would not have been granted but so long as they include a minimum of relatively low cost starter homes in the plan, approval will be granted.
The residents of Reigate who use the cricket ground or the tennis club or the rugby club or the bowls club or the croquet club will lose the wonderful views of the north downs for which Reigate is famouse The view will be replaced by a roofsacpe which is actually acknowledged in the planning application submitted by Rippon Development Service of Reading on behalf of Barratt’s.
No doubt planning will approved in spite of all the objections about local congestion, lost views etc.
Yours sincerely
M sheppard
By mick Add comment
August 8th, 2005 at 12:20pm Under The South East Plan
Dr Lucas, Green Euro-MP for the South-East England region, said: “This level of housing development is simply too high for the region, which is already over-crowded and economically ‘overheating’.
I meant to mention this here a while ago as it’s a major concern of mine regarding the South East Plan - water. Where is the supply going to come from? We already have a water shortage in the South East - and nothing is being done about it as far as I know.
The proposed new houses will actually “save” water according to the plans. Therefore not making an impact on the current water supply. How can this be? This is fuzzy logic at its worst! Installing water saving devices in toilet cisterns in the proposed 578,000 new homes is not going to lessen the impact on the already dangerously low water supplies.
Why aren’t there plans to build reservoirs on the land instead of the new housing?
By Jez Add comment