On the 4th October the Department for Communities & Local Government, Brandon Lewis MP & The Rt Hon Eric Pickles MP published a press release and new guidance to encourage Councils to protect their Green Belt Land.
Click here to read the press release. Click here to read the 'new guidance'.
The Maidenhead Advertiser also covered the story below (although it's not strictly correct - the National Planning Policy Framework IS POLICY - what they amended on 4 Oct was the 'guidance').
Here's a few quotes from this government press release:
"Councils must protect our precious Green Belt Land"
RBWM are you paying close attention?
"Councils should consider how they will protect and preserve important sites in their area, especially green belt sites."
- Brandon Lewis (Minister of State for Housing and planning)
RBWM have already gone ahead with the new Oldfield School development on Green Belt land nearby, despite strong opposition, and Councillors are promoting the plans to build on Braywick Park (which is Green Belt) in the local press.
"This government has been very clear that when planning for new buildings, protecting our precious green belt must be paramount. Local people don’t want to lose their countryside to urban sprawl, or see the vital green lungs around their towns and cities to unnecessary development."
- Eric Pickles (Secretary of State for Communities & Local Government) - Oct 6 2014
Will the Council please listen to this guidance FROM THE GOVERNMENT and protect our Green Belt? AND NOT BUILD ON GREEN BELT LAND IN BRAYWICK PARK!?
They've already gone ahead & granted the lease & disposed of public open space in July, behind closed doors, before advertising the disposal to the public - encouraging a 'consultation' which was irrelevant as the lease had already been signed!
They've already gone ahead & granted the lease & disposed of public open space in July, behind closed doors, before advertising the disposal to the public - encouraging a 'consultation' which was irrelevant as the lease had already been signed!
They didn't even advertise the disposal properly, and failed to mention until afterwards, when questioned, that they had already signed the lease.
Democratic?
A consultation that comes after the decision has already been made isn't really a consultation is it?
The Maidenhead advertiser are doing a poll on the general subject of protecting the green belt this week - might be worth a click:
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