“The government strategy to build these houses is based on a predict and provide model based on outdated statistics. It assumes 3.2% economic growth/year for 20 years! which is totally unrealistic. EU workers are going home, the economy is shrinking, there is climate change with peak oil coming soon. The figures don't add up - we don't need these houses! especially on our precious green spaces around Cheltenham.”

“I totally agree with P Cooke. The people that make these decisions usually live in the Disneyland villages, so they don't give a flying saucer about the peasants flooding now and again.
Surely, if this slump in house building goes on for a few years, many East Europeans will leg it back home anyway, so we won't need so many homes.
As for all these crazy planning decisions, all I can say is that the lunatics are in charge of the asylum.”

“Do we want all these houses
when our indigenous birthrate is rapidly decreasing”

“I think it's a great idea, but only IF the government use it to house ALL of gloucesters social housing population, then those of us who BUY a house in a nice area and PAY tax won't have to put up with living mixed in with these socail hand grenades who contribute ZERO to the county but TAKE everything, anyone else think the same ?”

“Stroud will put some of there allocation at Whaddon so the green fields from gloucester towards Stroud will be gone for ever,”

“Anon Leckhampton
At least Laurence Robertson has done his best for Longford and has represented us. He was elected our member of Parliment as are our local and borough councillors. This is democracy. Who elected this QUANGO in Exeter surely this is not a democratic decision. They should all be replaced at the next election”

“Before long this area wil be rnamed Gloschelttewks, we shall end up with one sprawling mass. Why does successive governments insist on developing in areas that are allready over developed?
It is total lunacy, government and developers are destroying the very fabric of our society. In the current economic climate who will be able to afford these houses? Builders are laying off workers by the thousand, doesn't this send out a message. I would expect all MP's in the area to fight this tooth & nail. I would like to see a concerted effort now to get rid of the millions of illegal immigrants in this country, this would at least free up many areas for redevelopment.
As far as this latest news is concerned ther must be a great deal of collusion between government and builders to force this through. I am sure everyone will have their own reasons for not wanting these blots on their landscape, and I totally agree. I happen to live in Leckhampton and enjoy walking it often, but not much longer.”

“The numbers follow those proposed by the EiP Panel.
However whilst
Development in the Green Belt, if in line with the EiP report would be at a level of 7500 dwellings, 1500 more than proposed in the submitted RSS, the way the report is written appears to allow for more of the urban extensions to be within the Green Belt. This may simply be poor drafting, particularly given the spelling mistakes etc. Does nobody proofread these documents?”

“Please be careful where you build these houses. What we DON'T want is a another Cypress Gardens. Everyone I know is sick to death of hearing about bonding with the neighbours, community spirit', ' endless interviews , duck races and the like. Compared to disasters in other parts of the world, these people were never without a bed to sleep in and presumably their insurance paid for the repair and refit. Why not put this to rest, for a few, they are enjoying giving their bleeding-heart stories over and over. Move on !”

“Fine, Fine , Fine!! Lets put all the unmarried mothers in there. They must have left school this year and are looking to leave home by now. this will only sort out a few of them with only 50,000 homes proposed. Proposed thats a word they will never hear! cannot get a home have another kid you'll get one in the end!!!!!Think of the benefits”