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

[Andy Capp]

Perhaps if the homes had some kind of guarantee that they would be supplied for local need might add some weight to the development, rather than swell the population.

[Simon Kirby]

Perhaps if the homes had some kind of guarantee that they would be supplied for local need might add some weight to the development, rather than swell the population.

The homes are being built locally, so either they'll stand empty or they will sell to satisfy local need. Of course the people who move in may not all come from the locality, but if they want to come and live in Newbury then it follows that there is a local need.

[MontyPython]

The homes are being built locally, so either they'll stand empty or they will sell to satisfy local need. Of course the people who move in may not all come from the locality, but if they want to come and live in Newbury then it follows that there is a local need.

What even if they work in London and currently live there?

Under your terms if everyone in the UK decided to move to a quaint Devon village there would be a local need for thousands of houses

[Simon Kirby]

What even if they work in London and currently live there?

Under your terms if everyone in the UK decided to move to a quaint Devon village there would be a local need for thousands of houses

The fallacy is to insist on local homes for local people.

[Ruwan Uduwerage-...]

The fallacy is to insist on local homes for local people.

Simon,

Mmmmm, not so sure. There is a genuine concern within specifically rural areas that the gentrification of villages is actually cleansing the villages of their hereditary residents who cannot afford the inflated prices that the newbies can afford.

If we wish villages to remain true communities, then there is a need to provide some assistance for local low income earners to be able to stay, otherwise market forces alone will destroy our these villages of the sense of belonging that has existed for eons.

This is a problematic issue that needs to be dealt with great sensitivity.

Ruwan Uduwerage-Perera
Newbury Town Council - Councillor for Victoria Ward

Ps. Nice picture of you and one of the girls in the paper!

[Exhausted]

If we wish villages to remain true communities, then there is a need to provide some assistance for local low income earners to be able to stay.....,

If they are already in the village they are presumably already housed.

What do you mean by assistance for low income earners and who are they in the context of "the village". If that is aimed at the "I was born here and I want to stay here", that's fine but they will need to cycle to work if WBC have their way. I do see that as the job of the housing associations though and not developers now that the tied house has almost disappeared and the old council houses have been sold to the occupiers and not replaced with the funds obtained.

The villages do not have employment opportunities these days and so most of the proposed occupants will need to travel to their workplace so they perhaps fall into the same category as the gentrified residents who want a country pile and commute to work.