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The anti-growth coalition (Con)

Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2022 8:47 pm
by Tubby Isaacs
Energy security can wait. We've saved this muddy field from being a solar farm.


Re: The anti-growth coalition (Con)

Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2022 8:48 pm
by Tubby Isaacs
"Too many houses being built in Basingstoke as it is!"


Re: The anti-growth coalition (Con)

Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2022 8:50 pm
by Tubby Isaacs
We don't want those flats on a disused gasworks site. They'd be out of place in New Barnet.


Re: The anti-growth coalition (Con)

Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2022 7:33 am
by mattomac
Citizen Smith hasn’t aged well.

Bit like Liz Truss idea,I see Marina Hyde hit the nail on the head, its conspiracy garbage.

Re: The anti-growth coalition (Con)

Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2022 4:12 pm
by Tubby Isaacs

Re: The anti-growth coalition (Con)

Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2022 8:20 pm
by The Weeping Angel
Fucking NIMBYs they're the real anti-growth coalition.

Re: The anti-growth coalition (Con)

Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2022 10:33 pm
by satnav
The Tory MP in my mum's constituency Lee Rowley has just been made the minister for Housing which is pretty ironic given how he has behaved in relation to a number of housing developments in his constituency. When a development was proposed in the village where my mum lives Lee Rowley initially side with villagers and attended a number of meetings listening to all the objections but when the public inquiry started he disappeared without trace and when local people raised their objections the barrister representing the developer seemed to be very well prepared when delivering his responses.

Re: The anti-growth coalition (Con)

Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2022 11:02 pm
by Youngian
Tubby Isaacs wrote: Sat Oct 08, 2022 4:12 pm
Strong points from a local campaigner. From an area whose local economy is based on taking large amounts of land out of production to race horses.
"At a time of global food insecurity, it is madness to take some of the UK's best vegetable-producing land out of production. Not only is this likely to affect the local economy, but it is also likely to add to unnecessary carbon miles due to increased imports.

"This unregulated loss of farmland needs to stop."

Re: The anti-growth coalition (Con)

Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2022 11:04 pm
by MisterMuncher
How is the loss unregulated when this moaning is about taking part in an obviously rigidly structured planning system?

Re: The anti-growth coalition (Con)

Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2022 10:59 am
by Tubby Isaacs
Admittedly, this is before the Anti-Growth Coalition was a thing, but here's my MP, opposing a development of 9 houses including bunglows and starter homes which every agrees we need more of. Fortunately this was approved by the planning commitee by 10-1. I bet Mr Wiggins' fellow Conservative colleagues were delighted with him.

https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/1867 ... ll-wiggin/

Re: The anti-growth coalition (Con)

Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2022 11:09 am
by Tubby Isaacs
A more up to date example. Leadership longshot, Rehman Christi, objects to 42 homes in Rainham.

He's got some support BTL, "Medway is full up", says one. Medway is so full up that a mere 113 local government districts are more densely populated, including such metropoles as Woking and Elmbridge.

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/medway/new ... ad-274399/

Re: The anti-growth coalition (Con)

Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2022 1:55 pm
by Tubby Isaacs
From actual Zone 1 in actual London.

I do sort of know what they mean, funnily enough. There are some very nice corners of Pimlico, like on the walk between the Tate and the tube station, which are nice and relaxing to walk through. But a "village" it isn't.


Re: The anti-growth coalition (Con)

Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2022 2:02 pm
by Tubby Isaacs
In fairness, I think the Tories in Central Government are the good guys here. Don't know if there are other local issues there, but I'd guess that Lib Dems and Residents have gone full on for "houses, but not those there". The Tories have only 15 seats out of 47 on the council


Re: The anti-growth coalition (Con)

Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2022 3:27 pm
by The Weeping Angel
Tubby Isaacs wrote: Sun Oct 09, 2022 2:02 pm In fairness, I think the Tories in Central Government are the good guys here. Don't know if there are other local issues there, but I'd guess that Lib Dems and Residents have gone full on for "houses, but not those there". The Tories have only 15 seats out of 47 on the council

I've noticed a lot of Lib Dems pandering to NIMBYs.

Re: The anti-growth coalition (Con)

Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2022 7:52 pm
by Tubby Isaacs
They certainly do.

In the meantime, here's a Tory MP under threat from Lib Dems doing the right thing. Credit to her. And a bonus point for engaging with a university positively.


Re: The anti-growth coalition (Con)

Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2023 3:17 pm
by Tubby Isaacs