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Please come and show your support for
'Beautiful Dorset'
The fight against overdevelopment reaches its final chapter this
autumn with the Government likely to confirm new housing numbers
in October.
If approved,
this will mean Bournemouth will be forced to build 16,100
new houses (including 1,500 in our greenbelt) without any
extra funding for improvements to our infrastructure.The Housing
target for the county is 48,000 new homes.
We are therefore teaming up with residents' groups across the county
for a rally to send one final message to Westminster that these
housing targets are far to high.
What
can you do?
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Attend
the 'Save Beautiful Dorset' Rally on 14th Sept at 11.30am
in Bournemouth's town square. (Wear
something green!)
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Write
to:
Regional Spatial Strategy Team,
Government Office for the South West,
2 Rivergate, Temple Quay,
BRISTOL BS1 6EH
Quote: RSS reference 4.7 and Secretary of State's reference
HMA7.
If you
prefer you can also use the Comments Form available
in libraries or downloaded from www.gosw.gov.uk
Telephone advice is available on: 0117 900 1705
Email
your views to
rssconsult@gosw.gsi.gov.uk
Closing date: Friday 17th October
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Key reasons
why we are challenging these housing numbers:
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It
will irreversibly change the whole character of our area destroying
our quality of life. |
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Building
on the greenbelt will damage the environment and protection
of wildlife habitats. |
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The
greenbelt forms part of Bournemouth's flood plain for the River
Stour. |
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No
provision is made for affordable family homes instead of flats. |
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No additional funding is provided for improving our infrastructure
to provide roads, medical facilities, schools or sewers which
will need to be improved to meet the needs of the larger population. |
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Traffic is already nearing gridlock on key roads. The influx
of 48,000 more homes in Dorset will be devastating to our road
network.This will impact on the tourism industry as visitors
turn away from this area. |
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There
is no proof that Dorset needs this many new homes. |
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Why
is the South West expected to build 16,000 new homes per year
compared with the North West which is obliged to build just
8,500?. |
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