We have just had approved permission for another 600 houses to be built in the green belt around what used to be our village - that is on top of 2000 under construction. the recent one have given 2.8 million to a school about ten miles away so they can advertise that it is in their catchment area. There is a school within half a mile who could really make use of a cash injection. So that means 20 miles x2 x5=200 miles a week x (at a conservative estimate 200 children) =40,000 miles per week in the Chelsea tractors along very narrow country lanes.
Money talks - there are supposed to be a number of affordable houses included - but other developers here have ignored this and paid a nominal "fine" which is a paltry sum compared to what they make with the 4&5 bedroom boxes.
