It's a point of principle to defend green belt
What both Councillor Laming and Peter Burns appear to have misunderstood in their recent letters regarding the B&NES Core Strategy is that for Conservative councillors there is nothing cynical about doing everything we can to defend the green belt, it is a point of principle.
There are two main reasons why the green belt exists. Firstly, to protect our countryside from ever greater urban sprawl, and secondly to ensure that councils and developers prioritise brownfield regeneration within cities over greenfield development on the edges of them.
It was on these two points of principle that Conservatives voted against the proposal for a contingency site for new housing on our area's green belt.
If this had been agreed it would have been the start of a process which would have seen Bristol's sprawl begin to grow out into B&NES towards Keynsham, Saltford and Bath. Residents have said they do not want this to happen, and we shall continue to fight against such a prospect.
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At this very moment there are developers wishing to bring forward plans for large-scale development on green belt in our area.
Yet there are ample brownfield sites which would benefit from development before any thought is given to green belt building, most notably the second phase of Western Riverside, the former MoD sites, and the former Cadbury factory in Keynsham.
There were many reasons why the council's Core Strategy was rejected by the Inspector, including the lack a five-year supply of deliverable housing land and a failure to comply with new Government policy in terms of its housing calculations.
To suggest the strategy would have been given the green light if green belt had been included as a contingency site is simply untrue.
Trying to deliver the new housing our area needs whilst protecting our green belt is a difficult and complex issue, which is why councillors are working cross-party to try and resolve them. But what B&NES clearly needs, and fast, is a Core Strategy in place which protects green belt, alongside a brownfield regeneration strategy which brings forward these sites as swiftly as possible.
Councillor Francine Haeberling B&NES Conservative Group Leader Saltford
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by emily_bath
Sunday, February 10 2013, 9:29PM
“What's really odd though is that the Lib Dems had no chance of winning in Chew Valley anway.
So that's just another reason why you should have supported the indendent candidate instead.”
by capndave
Sunday, February 10 2013, 9:19PM
“You are simply a very rude little girl Emily that so obviously has no debating ability nor innovative thoughts whatsoever.
Good night and sleep tight.”
by emily_bath
Sunday, February 10 2013, 8:26PM
“Sorry to dissapoint you but no.
I wonder what the other independent councillors on B&NES council think about you helping out the Lib Dem candidate in that by-election. Did they deprive you of your free biscuits at the next council meeting?
What was so bad about the independent candidate in the by-election that you felt you had to go and help the Lib Dems instead? I'm fascinated :)”
by capndave
Sunday, February 10 2013, 8:10PM
“Emily, Emily, Emily I was rather hoping you would respond to me with a whole list of wondrous achievements you have made on behalf of those in and around your community.”
by emily_bath
Sunday, February 10 2013, 8:00PM
“In the by election, the independent in 4th place got 106 votes, the Lib Dem candidate in 3rd place got 271 votes.
If you had helped out the independent candidate, you could have got them third place in the results.
But no, you helped out the Lib Dem candidate. Isn't that being slightly disloyal to independent candidates up and down the country?”
by emily_bath
Sunday, February 10 2013, 7:55PM
“Dave, Dave, Dave, it's well known that you helped out the Lib Dem candidate in Chew Valley, and you didn't help the independent candidate.
Why not just admit it?”
by capndave
Sunday, February 10 2013, 7:41PM
“emily please! You're unfounded nonsense is getting rather tedious, but stay with your Tory friends, your indoctrinated dogma will suit them.
I'm free and nonaligned so am able to think and act for myself.
I was rather hoping you would respond to me with a whole list of wondrous achievements you have made on behalf of those in and around your community.”
by emily_bath
Sunday, February 10 2013, 7:26PM
“If you had helped out the independent candidate in Chew Valley in November, you may have helped them get extra votes.
But no, you helped out the Lib Dem candidate...now why would that be?”
by emily_bath
Sunday, February 10 2013, 7:24PM
“No not really...I was just wondering why you helped out the Lib Dem candidate in November's by-election, and you didn't help out the independent candidate.
I'm sure the independent candidate loved you for that :)”
by capndave
Sunday, February 10 2013, 7:09PM
“Or maybe it's because you'd rather play silly little political games.......
No, I'd rather build boats in my boat yard in Keynsham, and work positively with the Keynsham Town Council to address the major issues of job creation and homes provision in and around the town. Something I have been focused on for over twenty years.
In fact I have only very recently achieved an important understanding within the provision of "dwellings" in the amendments being considered by the Planning Inspector to make the B&NES Core Strategy "sound".
I presume emily, you and the Lord Vixley have been equally industrious on these fronts?”