Housing date at St Keverne (From Falmouth Packet)

Housing date at St Keverne

10:40am Tuesday 3rd November 2009

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Helston’s MP Andrew George, has called a public meeting to consult local people about future housing plans for Cornwall and for local people in housing need in West Cornwall in particular.

Planning and housing officers and officials from the new Homes and Communities Agency are expected to join him and representatives from local housing associations on a panel of speakers to discuss the local housing challenges at St Keverne Parish Hall on Nopvember 13 at 7pm.

Mr George haslong argued that Government policies have “left Cornwall as a developer’s paradise” and that local people’s housing needs remain largely unmet.

He has also clashed with local second home owners on The Lizard who funded a High Court Appeal against the building of a fishermen’s jetty at Helford village which is vital for the livelihoods of many local people.

“In the lead up to the next General Election, the debate on affordable housing for locals will hot up. The government are determined to impose 70,000 new houses on Cornwall in the next 16 years,” he said.

“Cornwall’s housing stock has more than doubled in the last 40 years making it one of the fastest growing places in the United Kingdom. Yet, over that time, the housing problems of local people have got markedly worse. Therefore, simply building more unaffordable homes is not the answer.”

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