Cudworth Unites

#21: Jon - Re: All for it. 

I do live in cudworth but can't get a decent property in the village. I don't see the overcrowding everyone is talking about, and I do simpathise if you live nearby. What you have to realise is Barnsley is about 70% green belt, we have to chip away somewhere.  

I agree that the Local Authority are crooks by the way, the LDF consultation was a total farse, I can guarantee that the Local Authority are going for profitability over anything else.

They have retained little snipits of land all over the place from building bypasses and schools and are selling to developers.

New schools have been built in green belt and propasals where pushed through as a greater public need. Shafton ALC for example. Combine two schools then flog the land off to developers at a huge gain to the Local Authority.

I am fully aware of the problems, but we need houses, not just for myself, but for our offspring. Cudworth was only a handfull of houses 150 years ago, the house that you probably live in May only have been built in the last 1/4 of a century it didn't just appear. We have to grow.

People complain that our town is failing, well I am not surprised, more houses means more demand for our local town and village's amenities, creating more business and more prosperity for those who live in it.

Good luck with your battle Jon, but it is all but lost before you start.