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The Beaconsfield Society Save Our Green Belt Campaign
The Green Belt is under the biggest threat for a generation. After we fought off the draft Local Plan in 2020, we now face an appeal by the Portman Estate against the refusal by Bucks Council of their planning application to build 500 homes on the Green Belt East of the Amersham Road. The Society feels that in order to stand the best chance of defeating this appeal and protecting our Green Belt from future similar challenges, we must attend the Planning Appeal Inquiry and present expert evidence.
Latest news on the Save Our Green Belt campaign
URGENT – PLEASE DONATE TO SAVE OUR GREEN BELT – NEW THREAT FROM THE PORTMAN ESTATE
The Beaconsfield Town Council’s bad Neighbourhood Plan will go to public referendum on Monday 9th September. This will be like an election – a simple yes/no majority will decide if it becomes planning policy. It fails to include policies to add protection to our treasured green spaces and landscapes and for this reason we do not support it, whereas the Neighbourhood Plans of other towns have added protection to their green landscapes. Beaconsfield deserves a much better Plan.
Housing need calculation petition
Our Chair and local Councillor Alison Wheelhouse has set up a Petition to Parliament to make the way local housing need numbers are calculated more accurate. The Government’s current method results in the real number of homes needed being increased by around 50%. When making the new Bucks Local Plan, if the Council uses the Government’s method, which means looking for land for more homes than are needed, then this creates an unnecessary pressure to develop Green Belt. Please sign the Petition here and share far and wide:
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/611438
If 10,000 signatures are received, the government will reply and at 100,000 signatures the topic may be debated in the House. So, please support this, to help save our Green Belt and treasured landscapes across the country. Everyone in your household can sign, and this is a national approach so please share with family and friends elsewhere too.
Have a look at this video which explains how housing need is currently calculated: