#21: Jon - Re: All for it. 

I do live in cudworth but can't get a decent property in the village. I don't see the overcrowding everyone is talking about, and I do simpathise if you live nearby. What you have to realise is Barnsley is about 70% green belt, we have to chip away somewhere.  

I agree that the Local Authority are crooks by the way, the LDF consultation was a total farse, I can guarantee that the Local Authority are going for profitability over anything else.

They have retained little snipits of land all over the place from building bypasses and schools and are selling to developers.

New schools have been built in green belt and propasals where pushed through as a greater public need. Shafton ALC for example. Combine two schools then flog the land off to developers at a huge gain to the Local Authority.

I am fully aware of the problems, but we need houses, not just for myself, but for our offspring. Cudworth was only a handfull of houses 150 years ago, the house that you probably live in May only have been built in the last 1/4 of a century it didn't just appear. We have to grow.

People complain that our town is failing, well I am not surprised, more houses means more demand for our local town and village's amenities, creating more business and more prosperity for those who live in it.

Good luck with your battle Jon, but it is all but lost before you start.

#61: - Re: Re: All for it. 

 But growing isn't a good idea all of the time.. carrs lane is already torn to pieces from the traffic thats been up and down it over the last 15 years.. increasing that traffic is going to do nothing for the roads.

Imagine if an extra 315 cars (minimum) try to get out at the same time.. it will be chaos!!

Barratt's response was "wwell go out the other way, through birkwood avenue". Anyone local to the area will know that carrs lane is the only way in or out down there. The developers haven't even researched the area!! Theres even a listed property on the land..

Hardly a lost battle...

#61: - Re: Re: All for it. 

 Many people objecting live in houses that were once greenfield sites, how does thee work.