Southampton residents win battle over Portswood development (From Daily Echo)
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Southampton residents win battle over Portswood development
2:54pm Wednesday 15th April 2009 in
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- By Matt Smith » Politics and business reporter
RESIDENTS have won a fight against council plans to build 21 flats and seven houses on land opposite a primary school.
More than 100 residents signed a petition and filed objections to the proposed development with 19 new parking spaces on Southampton City Council land near Portswood Primary School.
Councillors on the city’s planning panel refused to grant permission and recommended civic chiefs withdrew their proposals.
Planners were forced to admit the plans breached the council’s own rules on the number of parking spaces and homes.
Householders living in Somerset Road, Brickfield Road and Northcote Road argued as many as 90 new residents would create traffic chaos and present a danger to school children.
Rafeal Persaud, 33, a banker, of Northcote Road, who started the petition said the development was too large and out of character with the “elegance”
of the neighbouring Victorian terraced buildings.
Comments(5)
Bartonian
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5:21pm Wed 15 Apr 09
Condor Man wrote:Total rubbish Condor Man. Political parties are all of the same cloth today and it makes no difference. You only have to look at Not-so-new-Labours plans to build in back gardens to see why.
Common sense prevails at last. Don't kid yourselves though, this wouldn't have happened under a Labour or Lib Dem council.
Condor Man
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6:26pm Wed 15 Apr 09
Bartonian wrote:Considering it was the Labour council that put forward the original development I think my comment was valid.
Condor Man wrote: Common sense prevails at last. Don't kid yourselves though, this wouldn't have happened under a Labour or Lib Dem council.Total rubbish Condor Man. Political parties are all of the same cloth today and it makes no difference. You only have to look at Not-so-new-Labours plans to build in back gardens to see why.
Reality-man
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6:28pm Wed 15 Apr 09
boredofsouthampton
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10:45pm Wed 15 Apr 09
Reality-man wrote:i bet you do not live in the area to make this stupid comment
Construction industry on it's knees, thousands out of work and the NIMBY brigade are at it again. WELL DONE YOU MUGS!
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3:02pm Wed 15 Apr 09