The Conservatives' comments were described as 'scaremongering' by Labour
Wirral ’s Conservative councillors claimed they fear the new Labour government could rip up a major plan to protect the borough's green belt. In her first speech as Chancellor, Rachel Reeves announced a number of major planning changes including bringing back housing targets and a review of greenbelt boundaries.
The Local Plan is a major policy the local authority has been developing for years which outlines how and where developments will take place on the Wirral up to 2040. It’s currently in the final stages of government scrutiny before a final decision and currently designates no areas of green belt for development.
Development of the green belt is one area which the Conservatives have regularly criticised Labour on in the past both locally and nationally. Referring to national policy that brought Local Plans into force in 2004, Cllr Green said: “All parties in Wirral joined with us to make a commitment to protect Wirral’s Green Belt although in the case of the Labour Councillors, this was 15 years after the Blair Government instructed them to do so.
“We have 17,322 acres of Green Belt in Wirral. In view of the new Government’s policy I will be asking the Leader of the Council to assure us that he will stick to the Local Plan we’ve agreed and not be pressured by his Party to water down Wirral’s commitment to protect, preserve and enhance our precious Green Belt.
“A Labour-led council in Wirral has created the only Brownfield Local Plan in the UK, clearly demonstrating that there is no requirement to encroach on the Green Belt to meet our housing needs. Cllr Green's recent scaremongering and dissemination of misinformation fails to acknowledge his neglect of the Local Plan when he was the council leader.
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