Sandleford row erupts again following letter to Wash Common residents Options

[Andy Capp]

Isn't access one of the things covered in planning when developments are approved?

http://www.newburytoday.co.uk/2014/sandlef...ommon-residents

[On the edge]

Again, what's local? Does that include Greenham, Thatcham or even Calcot?

[Andy Capp]

Again, what's local? Does that include Greenham, Thatcham or even Calcot?

Sandleford is Greenham

I'd say local is West Berks. Others might say Newbury/Greenham/Thatcham and any other parish next to Newbury.

[On the edge]

Sandleford is Greenham

I'd say local is West Berks. Others might say Newbury/Greenham/Thatcham and any other parish next to Newbury.

Personally, I'd have serious concerns about that. How do you define a 'local' person? OK, in very personal terms, I've lived in Newbury for twenty odd years, I wasn't born here, neither was my wife. Equally, like most other children born in West Berkshire since the 1980s, my family weren't either! I work 'just over the boarder' arguably in Hampshire. My children work in Reading and Basingstoke. Do we count as local?

[Andy Capp]

Personally, I'd have serious concerns about that. How do you define a 'local' person? OK, in very personal terms, I've lived in Newbury for twenty odd years, I wasn't born here, neither was my wife. Equally, like most other children born in West Berkshire since the 1980s, my family weren't either! I work 'just over the boarder' arguably in Hampshire. My children work in Reading and Basingstoke. Do we count as local?

'Charity starts at home', and it is alleged that WB has a housing problem. Facilitating cross-boarder immigration will not solve that, viz, the reason for the development is moot. Like it or not, we are a country set up as local authorities, it is those constituents that should come first, perhaps.