Sly tactics from the Developers, presumably feeling the pressure from our campaign on their planned development of 500 + houses - they now seek to woo local residents with talk of a likely smaller development and lots of consultation along the way. If they had consulted with Save Thornbury's Green Heritage, they might have got the message that we don't want ANY houses in our Heritage Fields in NW Thornbury - at least, not without genuine consultation and a valid mandate from the people of Thornbury. If we had been properly consulted in the first place by Thornbury Town Council and South Glos Council, and if the potential sites had been properly and fairly appraised, we wouldn't be in this current mess.
In the article, there is a curious denial of any intentions for further housing, wheras plans for 1500 houses HAVE BEEN SEEN BY LOCAL RESIDENTS in conversation with Surveyors at work in the fields. The whole point of this "compromise" tactic of fewer houses / a smaller development is to get a foot in the door, so to speak. Once the build begins, it would be very likely that fresh applications would come in for additional developments to augment the development size and scale
We leave it to you to decide whether Mr. Duff has indeed quashed any rumours of a larger build!
Meanwhile, we're still in desperate need of leafletters and doorknockers. Lots of streets in Thornbury still to be leafletted. Can you spare an hour to do a couple of roads? The likely measure of our success may well turn out to be the sheer number of responses handed in. Each response is another voice heard. We've just gone to print for another 2000 response forms. Please consider if you can deliver...
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