From left, Emsworth Residents Association chairwoman Jo Dyer, Andrew Norton from Warblington Residents Association and Denvilles Residents Association, MP George Hollingbery, alliance chairwoman Ann Buckley and Charles Ash, the planning spokesman for the alliance
Published in the Portsmouth News on the 6th December 2016
A CRUNCH meeting will take place tomorrow at which councillors will decide whether 11,300 new homes will be built across Havant and Waterlooville in the next 20 years.
The Local Plan, which sets out a blueprint for development across the borough, will be debated at Havant Borough Council’s full council meeting.
Following a meeting with Meon Valley MP George Hollingbery in which they voiced their concerns, representatives from the Havant Borough Residents Alliance said they believe the plans are not good enough, as they do not provide enough affordable homes, nor give sufficient protection to green field sites.
There is fierce opposition to proposals to allow houses to be built in areas like Hayling, Purbrook, and in the Emsworth gap. Group chairwoman Ann Buckley said: ‘The council says it has left no stone unturned but still hasn’t found enough building land to meet its own numbers.
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