MK Expansion News
Thornborough Parish Council joins NBPPC
Posted by Nick Thomas on Jan 26, 2006,
10:51
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Many thanks to Tim Nichols who has given up a good deal of his time to introduce Thornborough to the NBPPC and to attend subsequent meetings as well as preparing our response to the proposals made by the Department of the Deputy Prime Minister for the expansion of milton Keynes.
NBPPC consists of 15 members being: Nash; North Marston; Bierton-cum-Broughton; Waddesdon; Soulbury; Swanbourne; Wing; Little Horwood; Mursley; Thornborough; Newton Longville; Drayton Parslow; Stewley; Winslow; Whaddon.
NBPPC has been established since the year 2000 and were active stakeholders to the Roger Tym study of the Milton Keynes and South Midlands (MKSM) Sub-Region 2000-2002, and participated at the MKSM Sub-Regional Spatial Strategy (MKSM SRS) Public Examination in April 2004. We are now recognised by Milton Keynes Partnership Committee as being consultees on the emerging Milton Keynes 2031 Plan.
Our aim is to work together to ensure that the concerns and opinions of residents and communities in and around MK are heard and that plans are revised in accordance with our comments.
We'll keep you informed of progress in this section of the site. For now, here are a few interesting facts that you might not know about the MK expansion proposals...
1/ MK Council are not part of the planning process.
2/ MK Partnership, responsible for the expansion plans, is a QUANGO appointed by John Prescott
3/ MK Council reject all options proposed to date
4/ All agree that the target density of housing in the MK city is too great in proposal 2 (out of 6) of the options and would spoil MK itself
5/ The Shenley Ridge has only be guaranteed to be preserved until 2011 so Whaddon Chase and the west-ward expansion is still possible
6/ The general option is that the East-West rail link is a no go, but £25m has been pledged by Greenways development due for review in February. West and South Expansion is possible as the original draft South East Development Plan indicated this and developers have bought up land. The government needs their investment to put in infrastructure; it could be a Catch 22. Levy tax per property could be £18k for infrastructure.
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