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Public hearings to be held on Sefton's Local Plan
- Formby Bubble
- Nov 13, 2015
- 3 min read
Have your say on the controversial plans to build thousands of new homes
There would be 999 new homes in Formby in the local plan. Residents can have their say on controversial plans to build thousands of new homes across the borough.
Sefton Council has announced a series of public hearings, to discuss the Local Plan.
A spokesman for Sefton Council said: "A detailed schedule of hearings is being held in front of an independent planning inspector where members of the public and organisations can give their views about possible development of land.
"The Local Plan looks to shape the future of Sefton until 2030. It encourages sustainable development and economic growth and gives current and future generations more opportunities to live and work in Sefton’s outstanding environment. The Local Plan must be drawn up by law, and the Government wants councils to ‘plan for growth’ to contribute towards economic recovery.
"The inspector has invited people to attend the sessions based on their previous submissions and the hearings will give them the opportunity to express their opinions. All the hearings are open to the public."
Cllr Daren Veidman, Cabinet Member for Planning and Building Control, said: "The hearings are taking place at venues in Bootle, Southport, Formby and Maghull and will run into the New Year.
"Not only will it give officers from Sefton Council the opportunity to discuss developments with an inspector, but it also enables members of the public and interested parties to get involved as well. "Understandably, much has been made on our need to provide thousands of new homes but the Local Plan is also about jobs, health, transport, infrastructure, the environment and how Sefton will look in 2030.
"The programme of hearings is regularly updated and anyone interested in a specific area of the Local Plan should check the Sefton Council website to see when it is being discussed."
In July councillors agreed to build thousands of extra homes across Sefton. The schemes include 678 new homes at Crowland Street, High Park: 450 at Moss Lane, Churchtown; 158 at the former Phillips factory, Crossens; 450 at Moss Lane, Churchtown; 220 at Bankfield Lane, Churchtown; 215 at Broome Road, Birkdale; and 243 at the former Ainsdale High School in Ainsdale.
There would be 999 new homes in Formby, 2,685 in Maghull and Aintree, 1,133 in Crosby, and 1,459 in Bootle and Netherton.
They were pressed by he government to kickstart the biggest home-building programme seen for generations in order to boost the economy and to help more people climb onto the housing ladder. The demand for new homes is based on government projections for population growth.
Shock new figures however, which were revealed last week, have suddenly seen the call for new homes in Sefton rocket from the previously agreed 615 to somewhere between 710 to 1,290 a year - leading to a desperate search for new sites and renewed pressure to build on even more Greenbelt land.
Councillors in Sefton’s ruling Labour Party voted through the plans for 615 new homes a year but said they would take a stand against government demands for any more. The opposition parties, the Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives, unsuccessfully voted against, saying the Local Plan was poorly drawn up with too much focus on concreting over Greenbelt land and not enough creative thinking on how to meet Sefton’s housing need.
The Sefton Local Plan was submitted to the Secretary of State for independent examination in August 2015. To view the full list of public hearings and for further information on the Local Plan, paste the address below into your browser.
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