LucyR

Okay so lots of interesting comments on here! I’m from East Suffolk And in fact I sit on the District council And I also sit on the planning committee Plus - I ran as the true local political candidate in last months election … so I’ve got the pulse of what’s happening I ran against the winning Labour candidate who comes from the Development sector She clearly has her targets & in fact it seems a new town to site & deliver (if articles are to be believed) So these figures are all part of the Labour pre-election plan But they’re not easy to achieve Felixstowe is currently in the slow lane for sales of new builds In fact the Labour Cllr only asked last month for a dial down of builds!! To the person on this thread who carved up the plan & said x number of new builds per village …. Sadly there’s no transport or school infrastructure to bolster this growth .. only true locals can hack the void What we really need (huge clap to the person who mentioned this) are rural council estates, well designed and environmentally future proofed that are 1/2/3/4 beds to help loosen the waiting lists but they must got to postcode residents from the “IP” rural postcodes. As for Labour’s plan .. Well it’s not in the healthy social housing direction that many of us would like … (and for as long as insurance cos & banks can dial down ‘affordable’ housing for developers - we’ll be on a road to nowhere!) No I’m not consumed by the wriggler - the notionally named - affordable housing - for me I’d like to see the new-version of great volumes of council houses & well designed key worker living - but it seems even Ms Rayner isn’t quite that left! She can’t see the volume that’s needed. And trust me there’s the demand! Julia morningstaronline.co.uk/arti…