Barton Village Residents of a village on the outskirts of Preston are being urged to make their voices heard in a vote to be held this winter which will hel
Residents of a village on the outskirts of Preston are being urged to make their voices heard in a vote to be held this winter which will help shape the future of the place they live.is staging a referendum on 9th November in which locals will be asked whether or not they back a neighbourhood development plan that the parish council has drawn up for the area.
The proposed plan pledges to support new housing when it is within the settlement boundaries of the village and would permit development outside of those boundaries only in exceptional circumstances and if it were small scale. “So if you want to have a voice for where you live, you need to exercise that right [to vote in the referendum], Cllr Parker said.
“But we have had to be pragmatic in how we approach these things and quite realistic as well – because, nationally, there is a call for more housing. That housing should really be [delivered] on a strategic infrastructure and needs basis – but it isn’t always done in that way,” he said.
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