"A campaign group has started a petition calling on Guildford Borough Council to ditch a study which proposes building 800 new homes each year.
Guildford Greenbelt Guardians (GGG) claims the draft strategic housing market assessment (SHMA), which was prepared by consultants GL Hearn, is not fit for purpose"
I had a look at their website, which is here:
www.guildfordgreenbeltguardians.co.uk/contact/4581459303
The address in question is here:
maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=down+place,+hogs+back,+guildford&hl=en&ll=51.234918,-0.626478&spn=0.027892,0.052314&sll=51.241515,-0.565423&sspn=0.111121,0.209255&hq=down+place,+hogs+back,+guildford&t=h&z=15
accessed via this nice private road:
maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=down+place,+hogs+back,+guildford&hl=en&ll=51.228527,-0.618625&spn=0.006974,0.013078&sll=51.241515,-0.565423&sspn=0.111121,0.209255&hq=down+place,+hogs+back,+guildford&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=51.228527,-0.618625&panoid=TulwkXGRLLz76fMWXMOy1A&cbp=12,353.2,,0,0.66
As they say on their other website, savehogsback.co.uk (same address) this 'forms part of London's Green Belt'.
AIBU, or is it a but fucking hypocritical to complain about development on the green belt, when your own house is on the self-same sodding land?
If they lived in a flat in the middle of Guildford, and wanted to preserve the countryside for all, I would have a great deal more sympathy. But these people just want it all for themselves! 'No building on the green belt except for the buildings that we own.'
I would feel a bit sick if I signed up to this campaign and then realised it was just someone trying to preserve the value of their own house at the expense of hundreds of people needing homes.
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AgaPanthers · 11/02/2014 11:51
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