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Stephen Robinson and team win in north Chelmsford |
Mike Mackrory working for Springfield |
Jude Deakin campaigning for west Chelmsford |
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The Conservatives do!
They plan 16,000 new houses in our borough between 2001 and 2021.
1) 5,150 on green fields north of Chelmsford (800 between Newlands Spring and Broomfield, and 4,350 new houses north of Beaulieu Park and Springfield). Liberal Democrats have always campaigned against. You can sign our petition at www.dontchoke.org.uk
Link: PDF leaflet and map of greenfields where the Conservatives propose to build
2) 11,000 within the towns of
Chelmsford and South Woodham. This will endanger open spaces and many back gardens.
January 2010: developer confirms more congestion, as they won't pay for local improvements until 1,000 houses are sold. See here.
As regards the detailed plans for new houses north-west and north-east of Chelmsford: the council considered the responses to the 2008-9 consultation (see NCAAP) - and ignored them!!
See also www.chelmsford.gov.uk/ldf
Public inquiry into the overall strategy was Sept. 2007, and into detailed plans for the town centre in April 2008. See Stephen Robinson's reports below.
| Strategy inquiry day 1 | Strategy inquiry day 2 | Town Centre inquiry | Chelmsford council web-page for all development plans |
The Lib Dem alternative proposals:
- All green fields on the edge of Chelmsford should be protected to prevent urban sprawl
- Genuinely sustainable communities - with all the essential local support services included (and built early)
- Previously-used land developed before green fields - but NO to town cramming & garden-grabbing
More information about the campaign against 'garden-grabbing'
Our Housing Strategy statement from December 2005
Our short statement on housing strategy from December 2006
How you can help our campaign
a) Sign our petition - Don't Choke Chelmsford
b) Contact the local Lib Dems: Stephen Robinson (parliamentary candidate) is co-ordinating the Lib Dem response on the local plan.
Send him an email using this link
Please state your address, as your views will carry more weight if you are known to be a local resident.
The Liberal Democrats believe that
- the Council should develop a sustainable new neighbourhood north of the railway/A12 on the old gravel workings north of Boreham (to stop Chelmsford growing ever-larger and to ease pressure on roads and services)
- the development should be based around a new rail station north of Boreham, to minimise greenhouse gas emissions
- a development north of Boreham would be large enough to have its own services of shops, schools, clinics, community centres, post office, as well as railway station.
You can download posters for campaigning against the housing proposals from the download area.
Details of Lib Dem proposals and recent comments on this subject
Borough Lib Dems give thumbs down to Tory development plans
Lib Dems slam lack of Tory vision in development plans
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