Community has its say in Plan for Town
23rd January 2012
On Friday George chaired a major public meeting on the future of Wymondham town, launching one of the most important consultations with residents for years.
The public meeting was from 6.30pm at Ketts Park Community Centre, Harts Farm Road, and there was a consultation exhibition at 4.30pm on the same day and at the same venue.
Both exhibition and public meeting mark the opening of the consultation on the Wymondham part of the South Norfolk development plan, by organisers South Norfolk Council.
Speaking before the event, George urged residents to try and come to both events, and get involved in the consultation.
He said:
“I'm delighted to have been asked to Chair this important meeting. There are some important questions about the long term needs of Wymondham and what the appropriate approach to development should be and this meeting is about making sure that the views of local people are heard.
“As the local MP I have no proposals or responsibility for planning, which is rightly the job of local councillors, but I am keen to do all I can to support public involvement.
“Too often planning can seem to be something done to communities rather than by them, and I hope as many people as possible will come along to the exhibition and have their say.”
During the meeting George stressed that plans for 2,200 new homes in Wymondham over the next 14 years should be a maximum and not a minimum figure and said that the majority of the audience were in favour of growth of between 1,000 and 2,000 new homes in Wymondham, but called for infrastructure improvements to come first.
Speaking after the event George said:
“I was delighted to be asked to chair the meeting, which was attended by more than 300 people, and to make sure that the views of all parts of the community were properly aired.”
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