We will be joining an all party stall in Fareham town center on Saturday 16th (10.30am to 1pm) to campaign for a People’s Vote on Brexit. Please come join us and show your support!

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Fareham Liberal Democrats

Fareham Liberal Democrats1 month ago

The Lib Dems' stunning victory in the Chesham & Amersham by-election has a clear message for supposedly safe Tory seats like Fareham: residents are tired of seeing control over planning decisions snatched away from local councils.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/jun/18/lib-dems-can-topple-tory-blue-wall-in-south-of-england-says-leader
"Whitehall's power grab was a big factor for Amersham voters," says Fareham Lib Dem planning spokesman Jim Forrest who campaigned there.
"It will be a big factor for residents in the consultation over Fareham's Revised Local Plan, which was opening as news of the by-election broke."
The Tory Government has ordered Fareham to meet hugely increased housing targets.
The revised plan now includes huge housing allocations at Newlands Farm and Oakcroft Lane in the Strategic Gap. And another on land west of Downend Road, with a new access on and off the Junction 11 link road.
Jim Forrest says: "The Lib Dem group refused to recommend the revised plan for consultation. We believe the Council should have stuck with the the plan we agreed as recently as December 2020. That plan had some unpalatable features, but it was based on sound research by our local planning team, not on diktat by Ministers and Whitehall bureaucrats who don't know our area."

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