An application has been approved by Wiltshire Council for the demolition of the disused golf club and driving range buildings at Thoulstone Park, to be followed by construction of self-catering holiday accommodation, with a restaurant, a farm shop, conference space, spa treatment rooms, a leisure pool and a community hall. There would also be staff accommodation, car parking and associated landscaping works.
The local Lib Dems recently challenged Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council to do more to ensure that enough homes are built for families on low and middle incomes in our town. As the Council begins examining this important issue, Sir Vince Cable, leader of the Liberal Democrats, sets out his take on solutions to the housing crisis - which include local authorities taking a greater role in the large scale building of social housing.
The key debate in December's Council meeting left a nasty taste in the mouths of some who listened to it. Cllr Halstead...
EDF ENERGY LAUNCHES THE 3RD AND FINAL STAGE OF ITS PUBLIC CONSULTATION
A year on from our Lib Dem housing campaign hitting the headlines, it seems a good time to take stock of Brighton & Hove City Council's track record on housing policy through 2018. What's gone well, what's gone badly, and what's the solution?
Communities may have missed out on more than 10,000 desperately-needed affordable homes in the past three years As a result of government rules allowing developers to bypass the planning system to convert offices, council's may have missed out on more than 10,000 desperately-needed affordable homes in the past three years