Housing crisis must be solved by working together, councillors told
COUNCILLORS have been warned that there is 'no Plan B' to working with neighbouring councils in solving the area's housing crisis.
Members of Cheltenham Borough Council (CBC) voted in favour of going back on controversial decisions they made just a month ago.
Gloucester and Tewkesbury Councils had suggested the future of the Joint Core Strategy (JCS) document, which will state where and how many houses should be built, was in doubt after Cheltenham passed recommendations in September that had not been agreed with the two partner authorities.
But CBC chief executive Andrew North told a members' meeting at the Municipal Offices tody: "I think the truth of the matter is that there isn't a Plan B as such."
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After a lengthy debate, council members agreed to withdraw the offending resolutions in an effort to ensure the future of the JCS.
Comments
by MarkC11
Tuesday, October 16 2012, 2:54PM
“Cheltenham Borough dishonest well theres a thing!!”
by Shireresident
Tuesday, October 16 2012, 10:26AM
“Ah yes Leglag, there's at least one ex lib dem councillor in that coterie, hence the pressure on the Cheltenham administration I guess. In absolute numerical terms there may well be a lot of houses on the market but if they're all four bed execs or empty wrecks needing a fortune spent on them they may as well not be there for all the use they are to the homeless who need cheap affordable housing. And that in itself is another reason for all the opposition to the housing targets, it's the type of housing that is needed that creates opposition from established residents. Where are their grandchildren supposed to live though?”
by adrian123
Tuesday, October 16 2012, 9:46AM
“After years CBC eventually take notice of the overwhelming view of local people to build fewer houses and prevent building on green belt. They also provided a glimmer of hope by taking account of the huge amount of work from Leglag and Save The Countryside who exposed the serious flaw in their projections. And then them slam the door in our faces!! This is downright dishonest. I'm ashamed of my local politicians.
(Justica, Not true for this area. See http://tinyurl.com/cjo2geu Their are very serious flaws in their projections relating to occupancy, use of outdated populations projections and totally unrealistic economic growth forecasts. High prices due to speculation and cheap lending are the problem. Not housing supply)”
by Shireresident
Tuesday, October 16 2012, 9:29AM
“I don't see what could be construed as "rascist" in having a housing target, "numerist" or something may be more appropriate. People always say they want more housing until the plans show up near to them, and it's always worth a few votes opposing plans because of this. The problem with doing this when you're in a partnership with two other authorities is that they can now legitimately cry off and blame the Cheltenham councillors. It's all rather shabby and amateur really but par for the course for the Libdems.”
by Justica
Tuesday, October 16 2012, 12:02AM
“The problem is the same for the rest of the country - more people want houses than there are houses available. Of course, to mention 'numbers' is in itself deemed to be racist, instead of just plain common sense.”
by Shireresident
Monday, October 15 2012, 7:48PM
“What a bunch of creepers. Grandstanding on an important issue to try and gain popular support and backing down as soon as the consequences become clear. Nick Clegg would be so proud!”