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Nuneaton & Bedworth Borough Council,
Town Hall, Coton Road,
Nuneaton, Warwickshire,
CV11 5AA
Town Hall, Coton Road,
Nuneaton, Warwickshire,
CV11 5AA
Tel: 024 7637 6376
Cabinet will fight to stop development
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Members of the Cabinet at Nuneaton & Bedworth Borough Council decided last night to challenge recommendations which, if taken forward, would lead to the development of around 3,500 overspill houses from Coventry, all located in the Keresley area. It was previously thought that the Borough would take the housing only as a last resort.
It was also agreed that delegated authority be given to the Chief Executive, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Planning and Public Protection, to consider the Council’s response to all other recommendations in the Regional Spatial Strategy Phase 2 Panel Report and the allocated housing of 10,800.
Cabinet members voted in favour of writing a letter to the Secretary of State to oppose the recommendations in the Panel report and to challenge the proposed changes to the RSS should the Secretary of State take the recommendations forward in the final strategy. Ahead of this, the Council will continue to object to the Coventry Core Strategy at its examination in November 2009.
Cllr Andrew Burtenshaw, Cabinet Portfolio Holder for Planning and Public Protection said,
“We do not accept that taking housing from Coventry will be a good thing for the residents of Nuneaton & Bedworth, and it is for that reason that we will fight to stop that development. We believe that the future of Nuneaton & Bedworth should be a matter for the people who live in Nuneaton & Bedworth, and their interests must come first.
