Official Campaign
Against 10,000 New Houses
Being Dumped In Welwyn Hatfield
Without consultation, democratic mandate, evidence or a proper legal
investigation the Government has told Welwyn Hatfield to find room for
10,000 extra houses!
We believe these decisions should be taken by
local communities, not Whitehall.
LATEST NEWS! The Government is deciding whether Welwyn Hatfield should be
stuffed with 10,000 new houses, despite the fact that no one
ever voted for the regional Government inspectors who recommended this decision. Now Welwyn Hatfield's Member of Parliament, Grant Shapps MP
has worked with the Council and others to mobilise the community to fight
these proposals. The 9th March 07 consultation deadline has passed and
we're now waiting on the Secretary of State to confirm her decision.
Undemocratic: Watch the video
by pressing the play button above.
The consultation deadline has now
passed and the letter below remains on this site to provide background
to the issue.
Jan 07
Dear Resident,
No one is arguing that Welwyn
Hatfield shouldn't take any new houses, in fact the area has already
accepted 5,800 new homes can be built by 2020. We agree that more houses
must be built.
However now the Government wants us
to accept 10,000 new houses instead and this is based on a decision by
three unelected and unaccountable Government inspectors
sitting somewhere in the Eastern Region.
It should be for local people to
determine how many homes are built and where they should go.
No Way To 10k is the
cross-party, community-based campaign to fight these crazy plans which
lack local involvement or consent.
No consideration has been given to
the additional infrastructure that would be required to sustain 10,000
houses. With water as well as roads and transport links already under
pressure and no additional money on offer, it's impossible to see how
these plans can make sense.
But what makes these plans completely
nonsensical is the fact that we're likely to lose our major acute
hospital. 40,000 more people, less services!
We all support the principle of
providing affordable housing for our children and grandchildren and want
to see more homes built, but we
see this as an attempt to concrete over large parts of
the green belt in Welwyn Hatfield without providing sufficient
infrastructure or resources to provide a sustainable environment.
Please help us fight the campaign by
signing the petition, getting involved in the
discussion
forum and most importantly by downloading and reading
this information
leaflet.
Yours, Grant Shapps MP
UPDATE!
The consultation
ended on 9th March 07 and we're now waiting for the Secretary of State
to make her decision!
Legal: No Way To
10k is a campaign established by Grant Shapps MP with support from
across the community.
This site is promoted by A Perkins on behalf of G Shapps both of Maynard
House, The Common, Hatfield, AL10 0NF.
