Weston’s MP John Penrose has condemned North Somerset Council’s dismissive reply to cross-party proposals for solving traffic jams on the M5 near J21, and a new section of green belt to protect rural villages from urban sprawl. The proposals were part of a cross-party letter sent by John, with LibDem…
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Dear John and Patrick Following the withdrawal of the Joint Spatial Plan we are starting again on a new development plan with no preconceived ideas of what the spatial strategy might look like. It is very important for the plan-making process to start with an open mind, understand what the…
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Revised plans to build thousands of homes across North Somerset need ‘big improvements’, according to Weston’s MP. John Penrose said he believed North Somerset Council’s decision to withdraw from the Joint Spatial Plan (JSP) and draw up its own approach instead was the right call. The authority’s move comes after…
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Politicians have never had a great reputation. In most polls of occupations you’d like your children to enter, they rank somewhere between bankers, journalists and smallpox. And if you look at old-time newspaper caricatures, it’s been that way for centuries. But most MPs I meet, from every political party, do…
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