Campaign news, recent ‘Planning for Real’ event, CDC consultation responses and press activity
News about Moreton Against Over Development
Since the town meeting in August and the overwhelming support to create a ‘fighting fund’ to bring in legal counsel, the campaign team has been working hard on a number of areas.
Moreton Against Over Development is now an unincorporated association, with members elected to specific roles. This also means we can apply (and have applied) for a bank account which will enable us to begin fundraising. Work has been ongoing on both these fronts and we are very nearly there. Once the account is fully set up, we’ll begin fundraising – more to follow!
‘Planning for Real’ event
Several members of the team received invitations to the Cotswold District Council community event for a pre-selected group of Moreton residents, business owners and others. The event was to discuss future development in Moreton and used external consultants from ‘Planning for Real’. There was a lot of discussion though it’s fair to say this was in pretty controlled circumstances.
No real answers yet – but it’s clear the narrative has shifted from ‘nothing is decided’ to ‘infrastructure first development’. CDC acknowledge of course that there can be no infrastructure without development, so it remains to be seen how they will fund infrastructure before any new homes are built.
This video was recorded by Joe Harris – CDC Leader – for the event (as he was unable to make it) and gives an interesting insight into CDC’s thoughts. It seems clear now that development is absolutely planned for Moreton, so we will continue working hard to hold CDC to account and campaigning for their plans to be scrapped and a fairer and more equitable plan drawn up that spreads development across the district.
Cotswold District Council consultation comments
CDC have now finally published the full set of responses they received to the Local Plan consultation that took place earlier this year. While they do not provide any comment or reaction, beyond saying that the comments will be used as the Local Plan updates progress, it does make for interesting reading, particularly seeing the deluge of comments that relate to Moreton. Huge thanks to everyone who contributed.
Find the document using this link Evidence base and monitoring – Cotswold District Council – scroll right to the end – the easiest to digest are the (written by AI) summary reports 14.3.6 and 14.3.7 but there are also pages and pages with the full comments.
New press articles
New press articles relevant to the campaign – also saved to ‘In the news!’ on the website.
Fury erupts in Cotswolds over building of 1,500 new homes | UK | News | Express.co.uk
Major Moreton in Marsh roadworks and closures announced | Cotswold Journal
Invitation-only workshop to discuss future of Moreton | Cotswold Journal
So for now, the fight goes on and we look forward to sharing more about our fundraising plans soon!
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