South Downs National Park Designation Delayed for Years

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If anyone thinks that we will ever succeed in housing the entire nation by leaving decisions to local councillors at local level, responsive to local NIMBYs, they are in fantasy land.

Well, thats one point of view but not one that I would subscribe to.

So, you are saying that it is regional government but you have to really try to find out who is in it and what they do. How 21st century.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Well, thats one point of view but not one that I would subscribe to.

So, you are saying that it is regional government but you have to really try to find out who is in it and what they do. How 21st century.

Here they are ... the members of SEERA, easily found thanks to Google.

How very 21st century indeed.

Warning! Ann de Vecchi alert! Be VERY AFRAID.




Cllr Mike Appleyard Wycombe District Council
Cllr Norman Arnell Test Valley Borough Council
Cllr Mary Ballin Bracknell Forest Borough Council
Cllr Jill Baston Southampton City Council
Mr Kevin Bayliss RAISE - Minority Ethnic/Urban Communities
Cllr Jeremy Birch Hastings Borough Council
Cllr Robert Bliss Shepway District Council
Cllr Louise Bloom Eastleigh Borough Council
Cllr Andrew Bowles Swale Borough Council
Ms Jacqui Bremner RAISE - Health and Social Care
Mr Frank Browne Wokingham District Council
Cllr John Burden Gravesham Borough Council
Cllr Sheila Campbell Winchester City Council
Cllr Paul Carter Kent County Council
Cllr Elizabeth Cartwright East Hampshire District Council
Cllr Gerry Ceaser Spelthorne Borough Council
Cllr Michael Chater Town and Parish Councils (SERCAF)
Mr Ian Chisnall South East England Faith Forum
Mr Mark Chiverton SE Regions Trades Union Congress (SERTUC)
Cllr Keith Chopping West Berkshire Council
Cllr Paul Clokie Ashford Borough Council
Mr Barry Clout RAISE - Learning & Development, Vol. & Community
Mr John Cochrane Oxfordshire Economic Partnership
Cllr Nigel Coltman Wealden District Council
Cllr Alison Cook Sevenoaks District Council
Mr Chris Corrigan South East Forum for Sustainability
Cllr Dr Harry Cragg Canterbury City Council
Cllr Myles Cullen Chichester District Council
Ms Christine Davis Further Education
Cllr Ann De Vecchi Hopper Lewes District Council
Cllr Roland Dibbs Rushmoor Borough Council
Cllr Norman Dingemans Arun District Council
Mrs Ann Ducker South Oxfordshire District Council
Mr Simon Fanshawe Brighton and Hove Economic Partnership
Cllr Gillian Ferguson Waverley Borough Council
Cllr Christine Field Mid Sussex District Council
Mr Colin Fox Milton Keynes Economy and Learning Partnership
Cllr Moira Gibson Surrey Heath Borough Council
Cllr David Gillett Havant Borough Council
Cllr Mary-Rose Gliksten Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
Cllr Stephen Gorys Hart District Council
Mr John Gregory Hampshire Economic Partnership
Cllr Graham Gubby Rother District Council
Cllr Lynne Hack Reigate and Banstead Borough Council
Cllr Tim Hall Mole Valley District Council
Cllr Peter Hardy South Bucks District Council
Cllr Paul Harvey Basingstoke & Deane Borough Council
Cllr Aleck Hayward Gosport Borough Council
Ms Sharon Hedges Social Housing
Mr Ian Hepburn South East Forum for Sustainability
Cllr Geoff Hill Town and Parish Councils (SERCAF)
Cllr Andrew Hodges Guildford Borough Council
Cllr Maureen Holding New Forest District Council
Cllr Alex Hollingsworth Oxford City Council
Mr Sean Holt South East England Sports Board
Cllr Alan Hopkins Elmbridge Borough Council
Mr Douglas Horner Confederation of British Industry
Mr Nigel Horton-Baker Surrey Economic Partnership
Mr Roger House Federation of Small Businesses
Cllr John Howarth Reading Borough Council
Ms Christina Howell SE Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Cllr Melvyn Howell Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
Cllr Tim Hunter-Henderson Isle of Wight Council
Mr Ted Johnson New Forest National Park Authority
Mr Robert Jones RAISE - Disability/Health & Social Care
Cllr Gordon Keymer CBE Tandridge District Council
Mr Mike King Isle of Wight Economic Partnership
Cllr John Kingsbury Woking Borough Council
Cllr David Kirk Hampshire County Council
Cllr Elizabeth Kitchen Horsham District Council
Cllr Kenneth Leadbetter Dartford Borough Council
Mr Jereny Leggett RAISE - Rural Communities
Mr Tim Lockwood West Sussex Economic Partnership
Cllr Alan Lovell Town and Parish Councils (SERCAF)
Cllr Ian Lucas Eastbourne Borough Council
Cllr Liza McKinney Adur District Council
Prof David Melville Higher Education South East
Cllr Keith Mercer Worthing Borough Council
Cllr Keith Mitchell Oxfordshire County Council
Ms Candy Morris Health
Cllr David Munkley Slough Borough Council
Cllr Douglas Murdoch Crawley Borough Council
Cllr Barry Norton West Oxfordshire District Council
Sir Graeme Odgers Kent and Medway Economic Board
Mrs Pam Palmer RAISE - Regeneration/Social Housing
Cllr Carole Paternoster Aylesbury Vale District Council
Cllr Jerry Patterson Vale of White Horse District Council
Mr Mark Pearson East Sussex Economic Partnership
Cllr William D Peppiatt MBE Thanet District Council
Cllr Nigel Petrie Epsom and Ewell Borough Council
Cllr Don Phillips Chiltern District Council
Cllr Tony Reid East Sussex County Council
Ms Linda Richards SE Region Trades Union Congress
Ms Marilyn Scott Culture South East
Cllr David Shakespeare OBE Buckinghamshire County Council
Cllr Nick Skellett Surrey County Council
Cllr Henry Smith West Sussex County Council
Cllr Mick Stevens Maidstone Borough Council
Cllr Cec Tallack Milton Keynes Council
TBC TBC TBC Arts Council England, South East
TBC TBC TBC South East England Faith Forum
Cllr Don Turner Brighton and Hove City Council
Cllr Gerald Vernon-Jackson Portsmouth City Council
Cllr Paul Watkins Dover District Council
Mr Shaun Whittaker Thames Valley Economic Partnership
Cllr Barry Wood Cherwell District Council
Cllr Geoff Woodger Runnymede Borough Council
Cllr Sean Woodward Fareham Borough Council
Cllr Mark Worall Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council
Mr Brian Wyld RAISE - Older People
Ms Lucy Young South East Forum for Sustainability

 

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Well that's all very reassuring isn't it. I for one am delighted that, for example,

Mr Mark Chiverton SE Regions Trades Union Congress (SERTUC)

is making enlightened decisions about housing and infrastructure in my neck of the woods. Most of those are from quangos or are placemen. Our parish concil is more democratic, transparrent and accountable than that.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Most of those are from quangos or are placemen.

No they're not. Two thirds of them are councillors.

The people of the South East have consistently rejected the idea of a wholly elected regional assembly.

As I said earlier, this is a much more accountable body than SERPLAN ever was.

 

[Curious Orange]

This thread is getting far to serious, so here are some kittens:

 

[Curious Orange]

Can we go back to berating LDC now?

Good.

Here is a link to the thread about the case they are taking to the High Court

http://85.234.132.19/showthread.php?s=&threadid=66632

I wonder how much of this stands up now the National Park is going to be interminably delayed?

 

[perseus]

Can we go back to berating LDC now?

Good.

Here is a link to the thread about the case they are taking to the High Court

http://85.234.132.19/showthread.php?s=&threadid=66632

I wonder how much of this stands up now the National Park is going to be interminably delayed?

LDC did not think it up on their own. They are agents for somebody' elses agenda.

The bottom line is the developer speculators have bought up the town land and inner city plots and they need to build high density slum homes and cause congestion and make the city life a misery to get their money back.

This is aided and abetted by the CPRE who by resisting the building (and it has NOT increased in % overall) on suitable areas have inflated the costs and some landowners are coining it. Although it is not the CPRE's fault: it is Lord Rogers (high density slum building policies) and the Labour Government.

And where are these jobs SEEDA? You are building houses that only Londoners can afford and they are clogging up the roads driving to London and blaming the congestion on other people.

 

[Bry Nylon]

Can we go back to berating LDC now?

I liked the kittens