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A vast array of
organisations have pledged to support the campaign against the building
of 10,000 extra houses in Welwyn Hatfield. Below are links to each
of the groups with their own comments alongside:
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Campaign in partnership with:
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Grant Shapps MP is
spearheading the No Way To 10k campaign against the
overdevelopment of Welwyn Hatfield. He has joined forces with
the local newspaper and other parties to fight the proposal.
Grant Shapps said: "The
future of our area is too important to leave to chance and I pay
tribute to the other political parties and outside groups and
bodies who have chosen to throw their weight behind this
important campaign."
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County councillor Malcolm
Cowan seconded an emergency motion condemning the announcement
at the county council meeting on June 27, and calling for a
cross-county campaign to have it reversed. It was passed
unanimously.
"This allocation goes way beyond what either the district,
county or region think is suitable for Welwyn Hatfield. We will
have to look at the detail of how the proposed change is
justified by the inspectors to see how we will fight it, but
fight we will" he said.
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The
residents of the de Havilland site are putting their full
support behind their MP. This is a desperate situation that
requires as many Hatfield/Welwyn residents as possible to rally
behind the flag and fight this injustice |
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We call upon the WH
Council, the County Council and all residents of Welwyn Hatfield
and in adjoining areas to join with our MP to actively campaign
against undemocratic and draconian dictates of an unelected
regional body and its government inspectors, who appear to want
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On behalf of the Welwyn
Garden City Society, I would like you to add the Society to your
list of supporters of the NOWAY to 10K campaign. We are very
concerned at the way in which the unelected East of England
Regional Assembly appears to be driving ahead with the
Government plans to concrete all over our precious Green Belt.
They have given no regard to the infrastructure that will be
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North Mymms District
Green Belt Society has actively campaigned against the number of
dwellings proposed for Welwyn Hatfield by holding mass public
meetings. Now the Society is notifying all 3,600
households in the parish about the latest proposals, is holding
a public meeting on 2 October 2006 and is engineering a huge
petition for presentation to Welwyn Hatfield Council in October.
It will then write to the Minister advising her of the petition
results.
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Welwyn Garden
Heritage Trust |
We unequivocally support
Grant Shapps and the leader of Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council
in their condemnation of this ill-conceived Government edict to
despoil our precious Green Belt.
If this were allowed to happen, the heritage of Welwyn Garden
City would be irreversibly damaged. The concept of a rural Green
Belt surrounding the town is a most fundamental principle of
Garden City design. It acts to keep the size of the town to
within a human scale, whilst at our doorstep provides us with
the natural joys and benefits of the countryside.
We believe that the Government is not only acting contrary to
the principle of upholding environmental amenities and values as
laid down in the town’s exclusive estate management legislation,
but that its action is also contrary to EU world heritage and
historic environment convention.
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The Chairman
of the Welwyn Hatfield Alliance, Cllr Dr Dennis Lewis states:
“The Executive Board and Members of the Welwyn Hatfield Alliance
wish to register, in the strongest possible terms, their
objection to the recommendation from the professional
independent Panel that an extra 4,200 dwellings be built in this
Borough in the period to 2021.
Members of the Board include the Division Commander of the
Police, the Chief Executives of the Hospital Trust, Primary Care
Trust, Borough Council, Hertfordshire County Council, the
University of Hertfordshire, Oaklands College and the Chamber of
Commerce plus representatives of local Parish and Town Councils
and the voluntary sector; the Alliance therefore has a very wide
range indeed of representation of all the community interests in
this district.
Our objections are based on the following:
no evidence has been provided to support the housing
allocation
no technical work has taken place to justify the figures
no sustainability appraisal or Strategic Environmental
Assessment has taken place
it poses a threat to the Green Belt
there has been a total lack of consultation or engagement with
the local community”
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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. |
