Sell Off Local Green Belt Land

[ab6262 202]

31 minutes ago, The_DADDY said:

And sold.

it was the right to buy and that was one great thing, affordable homes to buy.

[The_DADDY 3,477]

Just now, ab6262 said:

it was the right to buy and that was one great thing, affordable homes to buy.

And fewer homes to rent.

[gaz678 107]

Don't they realise that they are building houses on flood plains causing flooding everywhere the water has to drain off and it can't because of concrete and tarmac !

[Mister Gee 827]

5 hours ago, ab6262 said:

its about time more of the local greenbelt land was sold off to developers to build  mid to top end properties , this would ease the lower end of the housing market as people moved up and would also give the councils more funds to improve roads, schools and medical facilities.

so say increase the area by a mile around cities with a minimum 1 acre site with a max of 2 dwellings ?

Haven’t you got into the building game recently?

[Organgrinder 1,946]

5 hours ago, ab6262 said:

its about time more of the local greenbelt land was sold off to developers to build  mid to top end properties , this would ease the lower end of the housing market as people moved up and would also give the councils more funds to improve roads, schools and medical facilities.

so say increase the area by a mile around cities with a minimum 1 acre site with a max of 2 dwellings ?

There is land all over the city where previous buildings have gone.  there should be no more green fields taken until it's used up.

We don't want developers making more millions  -  we want to go back to council building affordable dwellings,  as when we had the PWD

The councils should have been able to keep the money from council house sales so that they could build more.

[Longcol 608]

1 hour ago, gaz678 said:

Don't they realise that they are building houses on flood plains causing flooding everywhere the water has to drain off and it can't because of concrete and tarmac !

Is any of the green belt on a flood plain?

[hackey lad 3,987]

Empty land at the bottom of Dyke Vale Road/Silkstone Road  . Pulled down hundreds of house's years ago , on the promise of new homes. Still empty 

[Longcol 608]

7 hours ago, ab6262 said:

its about time more of the local greenbelt land was sold off to developers to build  mid to top end properties , this would ease the lower end of the housing market as people moved up and would also give the councils more funds to improve roads, schools and medical facilities.

so say increase the area by a mile around cities with a minimum 1 acre site with a max of 2 dwellings ?

Well looking at the map of Sheffields greenbelt (page 14 of this document)

 

https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/sites/default/files/docs/planning-and-development/draft sheffield plan/Green Belt Review 21 September 2021.pdf

 

most of the greenbelt is moorland, nature reserves or in North East Derbyshire.

 

Not going to bring the council a great deal of money (and medical facilities are NHS funded). Like other people have said, better off using brownfield sites for development - unless of course they are polluted due to former industrial use.

 

 

[Anna B 1,417]

6 hours ago, ab6262 said:

it was the right to buy and that was one great thing, affordable homes to buy.

Indeed, but the money paid from the sales should have been used to build new local authority homes.

 

[Longcol 608]

1 minute ago, Anna B said:

Indeed, but the money paid from the sales should have been used to build new local authority homes.

 

Tory government at the time wouldn't allow it.

[Anna B 1,417]

6 hours ago, ab6262 said:

where do you think they will build these local authority homes????

Plenty of brown field sites and land avaiable within the city boundaries.

[Anna B 1,417]

1 minute ago, Longcol said:

Tory government at the time wouldn't allow it.

I know. Big mistake. 

Typical Tory thinking, (or lack of...)