Guildford Borough Manifesto
Planning - a fresh start
- Prepare a completely new local plan, based on real local needs
- Identify 5 year housing needs to avoid “planning by appeal” (note the Greenbelt is partly protected from planning by appeal if the local council is supportive)
- Implement a Brownfield First policy using previously developed land before green fields
- Build new homes above car parks without cutting parking spaces
- Conserve all protected sites and nature reserves
- Stop “land banking” by developers
- Enforce new design guidelines with conservation/heritage/green requirements
- Work to change the National Planning Policy Framework, with a local democratic right of veto over major projects