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?