tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3985711776365144891.post4913984302411585285..comments2023-05-19T11:22:45.301+01:00Comments on Your Coleridge Conservative Action Team: Victory for Conservatives' Marshalls CampaignChris Howellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00788153276499154335noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3985711776365144891.post-22241442334349652202010-04-29T06:49:08.851+01:002010-04-29T06:49:08.851+01:00So you have done it again all on your very own!
We...So you have done it again all on your very own!<br />Well well! <br />Best wishes from a surprised Coleridge resident!Interested Residenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07635294207885009571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3985711776365144891.post-39750292084336108302010-04-09T01:26:58.648+01:002010-04-09T01:26:58.648+01:00Me Again.
It's all very well complaining abou...Me Again.<br /><br />It's all very well complaining about "Top Down" housing targets, but how would a Conservative administration deal with the cumulative impact of lots of local areas saying "We don't want new developments in our area" at the same time as trying to manage the problem of excess demand over supply?<br /><br />Will a Conservative administration look at the breakdown of housing demand?<br />1) How much comes from first time buyers?<br />2) How much comes from UK resident second home owners?<br />3) How much comes from non-resident home owners (e.g. people who have an apartment in Cambridge/London etc who use them say...one week per year?)<br />4) How much comes from property speculators who buy up properties, keep them empty for a year and sell them on at a profit?<br /><br />Or is this something that will be left "to the market"?<br /><br />I take the point about ensuring that we have a local balance between jobs and housing, but having places like the Belvedere near the station (I FOI'd the local authority a few years ago and they confirmed no discussions took place between the developer, the council and the rail companies to ensure there was sufficient capacity on the trains to cope with the extra demand created by such developments) does nothing to help things.<br /><br />Oh, by the way, when are we going to get the Oxford-Cambridge rail link? Nick's good friends with David Willets who is good friends with DaveCam. Will a Conservative administration back the proposal at http://www.eastwestrail.org.uk/ and even provide funding for it? A rail link between Bedford and Cambridge might even take lots of traffic off the roads leading out of Cambridge westwards.Equinoxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3985711776365144891.post-89848417029934644482010-04-01T16:57:24.843+01:002010-04-01T16:57:24.843+01:00Brilliant - well done!Brilliant - well done!Frugal Dougalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07459572116047155640noreply@blogger.com