ENSURING HERTSMERE’s ‘Green Belt Matters’
AT THE LOCAL ELECTIONS ON 4TH MAY
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Background
Save Hertsmere was originally set up to aggregate all local campaigns against the council’s Draft Local Plan to build over 12,000 homes over 2,500 acres (almost 15%) of our entire Green Belt on Green Belt land.
Thanks to your support and objections (18k+ of them!) we forced our Councillors to listen and shelve the plan.
Thank you for your continued support.
However, by not providing an acceptable draft Local Plan the first time around, this has put our Green Belt at risk. Numerous applications on the Green Belt have been submitted since the Plan was shelved and since approved. The map below highlights the danger facing us all.
Since helping you reject the Local Plan we have helped many thousands of you object to these application using our ‘1 Click’ objections. Our Local Councillors are there to represent us, so they should have rejected ALL Green Belt proposals until we as residents can be properly consulted on a new and better Local Plan.
So Save Hertsmere is also asking you to make sure our ’Green Belt Matters’ on the 4th May at Hertsmere’s Borough, Town and Parish elections.
The Councillors you choose on the 4th May will decide the future of how you live in Hertsmere, either saving its Green Belt in a new and better Local Plan or allowing developers to build over our green spaces and flood our roads with traffic.
You have the choice to vote for those you trust to save Hertsmere’s Green Belt We must continue to work together to object to these applications and ensure the Councillors you elect will listen to us the residents of Hertsmere.
Reasons to Object
Greenbelt loss: The greenbelt was created to prevent urban sprawl by keeping green buffers between settlements. It is the lungs of London and prevents urban sprawl.
Threat to the natural environment:The destruction of our green areas means a loss of natural habitats and is a threat to wildlife.
Loss of Farmland: Means a loss of local produce
Climate Crisis: How will we ever meet our carbon reduction commitments if we concrete over our green fields?
Pollution: Created by traffic from the many thousands of new homes, with no sign of better roads either.
Infrastructure: Pressure on roads, schools, trains & medical services, with no agreed plan to provide these.
Out of date: Housing demand has actually fallen according to government data and housing targets are being changed.
Please use your vote wisely on 4th May.If you are objecting you may have your own objections to add too. You can add these when you submit a ‘1 Click’ objection.
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