@WokingObjectors

Residents of Woking & surrounds who object to the high developments in Woking neighbourhoods

 Woking, Surrey
wokingobjectors.uk
Joined August 2020
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theguardian.com/uk-news/2022…

Councils in England are failing to use new powers to block shoddy housing schemes

Research by UCL finds cash-strapped local authorities in the south-west, Midlands and north less likely to challenge developers

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Communities fight back developers with ‘greener’ plans for UK housing

Groups across the country are proposing alternative designs that they say better suit local peoples’ needs

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Proposals under consideration by ministers would see the government abolish affordable homes requirements under section 106 of the 1990 Planning Act, in favour of a new levy on developments, according to the Sunday Telegraph. publicfinance.co.uk/news/202…
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Woking Council@wokingcouncil19 Apr 2022
Please read our response to Moyallen entering administration: woking.gov.uk/news/statement…
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Don't forget to register to vote. getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-…

Who are the Woking local elections 2022 candidates?

All the parties and people vying for your votes on May 5

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The Dept for Levelling up Housing & Communities considering proposals to publish the full value of local authority investments publicfinance.co.uk/news/202… ..grants local authorities have used to finance capital expenditure, to increase transparency on funding of capital expenditure
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Julie Armstrong@LDRSurrey7 Apr 2022
🔔2022 local elections🔔Who are the Woking candidates? getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-…

Who are the Woking local elections 2022 candidates?

All the parties and people vying for your votes on May 5

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ListentoLocals@Listen_toLocals6 Apr 2022
nice, upbeat presentation of one of the greatest challenges of our times @ohlordyitsjulia #healthycities @sianberry @RosieP4 @Josh_Artus @justspace7 @PeckhamVision theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i…

Cities need to be redesigned for the climate crisis. Can they make us happy, too?

It’s tempting to draw lines on a map, but we can’t forget that cities should be designed for the people who live there

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Planning Magazine@PlanningMag4 Apr 2022
Government planning changes 'would make it harder for councils to object to certain projects' — a roundup of today's #news ow.ly/52Vw50IzJmH

Government planning changes 'would make it harder for councils to object to certain projects'

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theguardian.com/business/202…

Rising prices and wages land councils with their own cost-of-living crisis

As the squeeze on household budgets tightens, many will turn to local authorities for help: but their councillors are also struggling with inflation

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M&S Foodhall with marketplace design to open in Surrey town getsurrey.co.uk/whats-on/sho…

M&S Foodhall with marketplace design to open in Surrey town

Pictures of the M&S foodhall have been released as well as the opening date

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neweconomics.org/2022/02/how… How private developers get out of building affordable housing

How private developers get out of building affordable housing

Local authorities say how much affordable housing developers have to provide. So why isn't it getting built?

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This week in #PeepsIntoThePast historian David Rose and researcher Mark Coxhead take a trip along the industrial arteries of #Woking's past, including a long forgotten tramway linking the #BasingstokeCanal to Woking Gasworks. See bit.ly/IndustriesOfWoking @SurreyHeritage #Community
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"Councils, not central government, set their own housing targets in their local plan" says the government. But reality is that councils adhere to government algorithm or their plans are rejected by Inspectors. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-su…

Wealden Parish Councils object to government housing targets

Twenty-four parish councils have written to the government over it's use of "out of date" figures.

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Driving winds caused by #StormEunice lifted two workmen’s cradles to batter the side of the @HiltonWoking hotel, damaging windows and denting panels on the already beleaguered new #Development. See bit.ly/StormWindsBatterWokin… @WeAreMcAlpine @wokingcouncil #Woking #Community
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This is shocking and another Grenfell in the making. – at Woking, South East
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@BBCSurrey23 Feb 2022
Planning permission has been granted for a 37 storey tower🏢in #Woking with only 1 staircase. Permission was initially refused by @wokingcouncil but later granted by Government Inspectors. Hear more here. 👇 bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0bqnf…
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Dale 🔶@ActivistIndoor20 Feb 2022
Why I can’t support the council budget and what needs to be done before anyone should. #woking daleroberts.mycouncillor.org…
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One staircase for tower block 13 storeys taller than Grenfell

A Grenfell survivors group said plans for a similar application a stone's throw from the tower in London are 'shocking'

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