Club and gallery owner Alex Proud published an article in the Telegraph yesterday in which he suggested “10 ways we can fix the UK”. It was an iconoclastic list, verging on the revolutionary, including such ideas as: make it illegal not… Read More ›
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Party Policies on the Greenbelt – Summing Up
This is the last of my series on the main parties’ policies for building houses in the greenbelt. A disappointing roundup In summary, no party is currently proposing any relaxation in restrictions on the use of greenbelt land for housebuilding…. Read More ›
Tories and the Greenbelt
It is not necessary to wait until the Conservative Party publishes its formal election Manifesto to know its policy on greenbelt housebuilding. We have known what it will be since 4th October 2014, when Eric Pickles and Brandon Lewis issued… Read More ›
UKIP and the Green Party agree: they do not want building on greenbelt land
UKIP and Green Party Policies on Greenbelt Housebuilding In my post of 14th November, I said I would be reviewing the policies of the major UK parties in relation to housebuilding on greenbelt land. I am starting with the Green… Read More ›
Will the Post May 2015 UK Government Permit Housebuilding on the Greenbelt?
Proposals for more UK housebuilding Many UK politicians, particularly from the Tory, LibDem and Labour parties, are promising to build more houses after the next election in May 2015 – whether it is 200,000 a year, 250,000 or even 300,000…. Read More ›