Ruling on 2,500 homes put back

“My video response:

http://tinyurl.com/caqk47o”

“The Lib Dems seem to be intent on Destroying themselves over the Barwell SUE. I say go ahead but don't Destroy the villages of Barwell and Stapleton in the process they are not yours they belong to the residents that put their trust in you and you shamelessly sold them out for a few million pounds. You cant even get your own town centre development under-way so go play with HINCKLEY and leave our villages alone, we dont want the sue its unsustainable and the roads will not take the traffic generated by it. 2500 houses means a minimum of 2000 car journeys from and back to the development daily thats 4000 vehicle movements a day on top of the congestion we already have. 437 new jobs wow they will go a long way in serving the current population let alone the extra population 2500 homes will bring. And as for complementing the village of barwell and integrating it within the community well let me see if i can see where? Own shops pub and community facilities Nope that wont bring them into the village to boost the economy. there must be something !!! ah yes we have a library and a post office lets hope they are avid readers and need plenty of stamps and parcels posting. Lib dems keeping this proposal alive you are all a load of misinformed sheep, do the maths and dont sell our villages out to greedy developers”

“Fill our empty shop and commercial properties in Barwell, fill our empty houses and upgrade our existing schools to make Barwell a viable village again. This will bring employment back and with that will come pride in the village. We do not need or want 2500 new homes with the associated traffic and social problems these will bring. We have loads of empty commercial units that if filled will bring back work, why not get them back into use. Come on parish and HBBC councilors dont kill our village with new development thats unsustainable, use what we have and if its not up to scratch raise it to the ground and build what we need on the cleared land. We do not need to loose farmland or any other type of land. Rebuild or refurbish what we have. As for the proposed SUE are you truly going to sell out your supporters for £13 mil and risk losing your political careers and aspirations. It will only take 2 lib dems to change your mind and vote against the SUE to stop this madness. Have you got the backbone.”

“The uncovering of more deception and mis-information being prepared to be fed to the public

Dear All,

As you may have read in last week's Hinckley Times, neither Ben Eccleston (Times Reporter) nor myself had been able to elicit an admission from the Developer's Representatives or the Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council (HBBC) about who was responsible for the intrusive Telephone Survey (full of loaded questions) which recently afflicted our village. Now, after I have tried again (and perhaps due to the kind assistance from our MP David Tredinnick) it has finally been admitted that the Barwell SUE Consortium (of Developers) commissioned the Poll.

David has previously indicated that he will look into the legality of their actions, but whether legal or not, many will feel that their actions showed contempt for the residents of Barwell.

Following the above admission, the HBBC Area Planning Officer has confirmed that the Council were in no way involved in the Survey.

Finally, if the Developers or the HBBC want to know what the residents of Barwell think of the proposed SUE, why not accept our repeated invitations to attend a Public Meeting?

Or is real CONSULTATION a dirty word?”

“Once again, the comments by the council do not make sense. If the council stand to make £16 million from the destruction of the countryside around Barwell then why isn't the whole of that £16 million being spent on Barwell and the provision of a by-pass road to relieve the extra traffic from passing through Stapleton? Why, in fact, is the majority of this money, £12 million of it, being spent elsewhere in the borough? Furthermore the extra school places will be for new residents not the existing people of Barwell. And of course the 437 jobs will be needed for the 5000+ new residents as well.
In reality, Barwell will be swamped with thousands of new residents, from both inside and outside the borough, concentrated into large social housing areas with not enough new jobs for them. Never mind renaming it 'Dumpwell', why not just rename it 'New Braunstone'.”

“May I say the crafty Borough Leadership has put this back for political reasons and no other!

WE DON'T WANT IT MR BRAY KEEP YOUR NOSE OUT OF BARWELL AFFAIRS!”

“Spokesman Jamie Gibbins, said: "This is a fantastic opportunity for Barwell.

"The money provided through the homes bonus would be spent by the people of Barwell for the benefit of the people."

THIS IS UTTER RUBBISH MOST OF THE MONEY IS GOING TO PAY FOR HINCKLEYS LESUIRE CENTRE, DEMOLISH AND REBUILD OF THE JUBILEE CENTRE AND FEW OTHER PROJECTS VIRTUALLY NONE IS GOING TO BARWELL.
More than £4 million would be donated to create school places.
An employment zone and shops would create an estimated 437 jobs.
THIS IS ALSO RUBBISH THE BOROUGH CANNOT FILL ITS COMMERCIAL PREMISES ELSEWHERE SO HOW WILL THEY FILL THESE?
The consortium has promised highway improvements to the central junction in Barwell and other upgrades to the village centre, worth £1 million.
A RECENT BID FOR CADEBY JUNCTION SAW AN ESTIMATE COST FOR A ROUNDABOUT COSTING 750K SO HOW FAR WILL 1 MILLION GO?
Opponent, borough councillor Hazel Smith, said: "In the historic Barwell parish referendum, over 96 per cent of voters were against the 2,500 houses of the SUE."
She urged the Lib Dem majority on the planning committee to heed the people's voices and vote against the scheme.
Conservative leader Paul Bessant said his group had plans for the regeneration of the village "which unlike the SUE will make the community stronger not destroy it".
WE DON'T WANT IT! ITS NOT SUSTAINABLE! ONE OFLIB BOROUGH COUNCILLORS FROM THE VILLAGE IS AGAINST AGAINST A 25 HOUSE BUILD BY HIS HOME YET BACKS A 2500 HOUSE DEVELOPEMENT NEXT TO EVERYONE ELSE TALK ABOUT NOT IN MY BACK YARD!!!”