Herefordshire ‘needs more than 16,000 new homes' (From Hereford Times)
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Herefordshire ‘needs more than 16,000 new homes'
1:40pm Monday 29th October 2012 in News By Paul Broome
THE leader of Herefordshire Council says new housing is crucial to the county’s future vitality.
Around 17,000 new homes are earmarked for Herefordshire over the next two decades with work underway to attract businesses and jobs to the area.
Councillor John Jarvis told the Hereford Times that the county needs between “16,500 to 17,000 new homes by 2030”.
He said: “If we don’t provide this then 90 per cent of our budget will be spent on adult social care in the future.
“That is what we are facing and we need to deal with it.”
He said the much-talked about bypass was key to delivering the massive house-building plans, adding he hopes to have the road plans drawn up in due course.
“We have been doing a lot of work on the south-western stretch,” he said.
“I hope we will have permission for the whole road by the end of this administration.
The planning applications are likely to come in three separate parts.”
The Enterprize Zone at Rotherwas is a key part in the county’s regeneration, according to the leader.
Prime Minister David Cameron gave the scheme the thumbs up during his visit to the Hereford industrial estate in January.
Coun Jarvis also said housing can't go anywhere without the infrastructure and re-opening an existing railway line from the city to Rotherwas, along with a passenger station there, remains “a possibility”.
A financial study has recently shown it would cost about £10 million to reopen the line and a new station.
Comments(9)
Colin J Marschall
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10:33pm Mon 29 Oct 12
“We have been doing a lot of work on the south-western stretch,” he said.
“I hope we will have permission for the whole road by the end of this administration."
Funniest thing about this is that they plan to use the money from any 106 agreements for the house building to partially fund the road .. however with the number of houses, hence increase in population the new road will not ease any traffic problems in the city.
Biomech
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2:51am Tue 30 Oct 12
Biomech
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2:52am Tue 30 Oct 12
Biomech
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2:52am Tue 30 Oct 12
apdor
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8:03am Tue 30 Oct 12
Biomech wrote:I would suggest its to allow the younger generation to be able to stay in Hereford rather than have to move away to live and find a home.
Can one assume that these 17,000 new homes are to cater for next summers influx of Eastern Europeans?
But then again with views like yours its a wonder anyone would want to stay around here !
Biomech
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10:39am Tue 30 Oct 12
apdor wrote:Yeah, because my views are the reason that the city has turned to **** and everyone wants to leave.... o_O
Biomech wrote:I would suggest its to allow the younger generation to be able to stay in Hereford rather than have to move away to live and find a home.
Can one assume that these 17,000 new homes are to cater for next summers influx of Eastern Europeans?
But then again with views like yours its a wonder anyone would want to stay around here !
Clarkester
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1:14pm Tue 30 Oct 12
Everyone has had enough now!!
Biomech
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1:19pm Tue 30 Oct 12
Hugh-G-Rection says...
5:41pm Mon 29 Oct 12