Regular readers will be aware of our campaign against Labour LDF plans for 7200 new housing units on Morley greenfield sites. Readers also know Leeds has 26,000 planning permissions already granted for housing units across Leeds, mainly on brownfield sites.
But we are told that the new houses are required because of the expected increase in the size of the population in Leeds. Hysterical figures suggesting a mega city of 1 million residents was offered as "evidence" of the need to build an additional 70,000 across Leeds - stuffing Morley with 11% of the total.
Figures released today show a downgrading of the numbers and are based on figures released by the Office of National Statistics. Those claiming Leeds was to be imminently a City of 800,000 souls have had to downgrade their estimates to 780,000 little more than 30,000 higher than in 1974.
We have always questioned the accuracy of these figures and believe they are fundamentally flawed to provide Developers with a Developers Charter rather than a Local Development Plan.
Clearly these new figures dispute the evidence provided to support Labours LDF and make the whole process unsound. We will be challenging them at every opportunity!
A further piece of good news is that objections to Labours LDF from Morley has topped 500 - the highest from any community across Leeds. Residents are leading this assault and it is reassuring that they see the flaws in this seriously flawed process.
Watch out for a further public meeting to be announced shortly. The Battle goes on!
All depends on what assumptions they have based their calculations on. Ninety-nine percent of financial "experts" and "professionals" did not forecast the economic crash so who knows except, perhaps, the now redundant Mystic Meg.
ReplyDeleteIf the Euro crashes, we shall be swamped by migrant workers from the EU reducing available rented housing stock, undercutting labour rates and putting pressure on local services, schools etc. It happened in places like Slough, so why shouldn't happen in Leeds. There may be trouble ahead. Who knows?