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Representation ID: 4610

Received: 23/03/2021

Respondent: Judy Woods Save our Heritage

Planning Bias Drivers re Density /Number

The New Homes Bonus Scheme provides cash for areas that allow new homes to be built in their area. Government funding has been set aside for local councils that welcome new housing development, which they can spend to benefit their local community.
Under the scheme the Government matches the council tax raised from new homes for the first six years through the New Homes Bonus. Councils and communities work together to decide how to spend the extra funding - whether council tax discounts for local residents, boosting frontline services like rubbish collection or providing local facilities like swimming pools and leisure centres.To continue with the Local Plan which has not yet been adopted on the basis that Citizens have been fully consulted for the reasons given is therefore flawed