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Derbyniwyd: 26/02/2025

Ymatebydd: Mike Chubb

Government is targeting mainly Green Belt land and in doing so is ignoring the fact that throughout the UK at the present moment there are:

1.5 million derelict properties that could be renovated;

1 million unbuilt houses that have already received planning permission but have yet to be built;

Brownfield sites that could accommodate 1.2 million homes;

165,000 empty commercial properties.
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My second objection is that the people who have chosen to live in the countryside and who, by doing so, have a vision of bringing up a family surrounded by green fields and waterways will have that vision ripped away from them by having new homes built, unnecessarily, on that green land with all the heartache that comes with it.

And thirdly, what about the infrastructure? Has that been thought about sufficiently? New roads; new schools; new shops; new health centres but no new hospitals. The nearest hospital is Warwick hospital which is already overstretched.

8,000 new homes equals probably 24,000 more people and probably up to 16,000 more cars, so the tranquil country living which the existing home owners have opted for will be swept away with extra noise and, let’s face it, more crime – will there be a new police station and a sharp increase in policing this new area to cope with 24,000 more people?

I very much doubt it.