Council urged to 'stand up for residents' views' on plans for 400 homes off Humberston Avenue
CLEETHORPES’ MP has urged the council to “stand up for the views of residents” at a meeting where angry residents discussed the newest plans for 400 homes proposed off Humberston Avenue.
Martin Vickers spoke out against North East Lincolnshire Council amid public fury over up to 910 homes on three different developments – 400 from Keystone Developments, 400 in Millennium Park and 110 on the old Humberston Park golf course.
The Conservative MP and former councillor claimed he has recently warned council leader Chris Shaw that he needed to “rethink” the policy that the area’s housing needs could be met by developments in the Humberston and New Waltham areas.
Instead, he said, they should look to the 2,500 homes planned for Scartho Top which are approved but not yet built.
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Mr Vickers, speaking at this week’s Humberston Parish Council, added: “When I was a councillor, it was my understanding that approving Scartho Top would meet our housing needs for some time. However, it is only about one third finished the council is looking at greenfield sites.
“New Government legislation has given councils more control on housing policy and should be used as an excuse for a rethink. They need to stand up for the views of residents – many of whom are opposed to the development of these areas.”
In his defence, Councillor Shaw said that the policy of the coalition Government – of which Vickers is an MP – “entices” developers to build. He added: “If developers buy land in desirable areas like New Waltham or Humberston, all we can do is carry out Government policy.
The consultation is at New Waltham Village Hall, in Station Road, from 12.30pm to 4pm on Saturday, October 27.
Comments
by jack_knife
Saturday, October 06 2012, 7:45PM
“I wonder if Mr. Vickers would have the same view if it was a CONservative council? (God forbid)”
by fasteddie59
Saturday, October 06 2012, 7:25PM
“Is this the same Mr Vickers who has fingers in the pie for the Bradley Ponds application? Site visit with his chief benefactor and all of a sudden pow Waltham Parish Council approve of it?
Conservatives all munching from the same trough!”
by Grimbarian
Friday, October 05 2012, 11:28PM
“I always find it strange that those against housing developments are automatically accused of being a NIMBY. It's easy to accuse someone of being a NIMBY when you are looking in from the oustide, but you could easily be in the same position yourselves one day. I don't live in Humberston or New Waltham, but if you had worked hard to buy a house in a nice village on the outskirts of town, would you be happy if there was suddenly a huge influx of additional housing, depleting you of what you had originally bought into, or de-valuing a property you had invested so much in?
The truth of the matter is that it has nothing to do with meeting the area's housing needs, but the amount of profit the developers are after. There are plenty of brown-field sites within the town that need redeveloping, but the developers aren't interested as they can make more money from selling houses in places like Humberston and New Waltham.”
by EnlightendOne
Friday, October 05 2012, 10:50PM
“Oh come now Mr Vickers, Scartho Top was approved by the previous administration and we all know what that men's to NELC. That said, what's wrong with building houses in Humberston and especially New Waltham, the Grimsby extension of even earlier administrations. Face it Mr Vickers, maybe the council are for once actually considering the views of the majority of the electorate. I'm sure I don't speak for the minority when I say the only interference from Whitehall that is likely to be welcomed is some real investment cash to help regenerate some of the deprived communities that Mr Vickers would clearly see the people of Grimsby confined within!”
by Bizarre57
Friday, October 05 2012, 10:30PM
“I suspect Mr Vickers has too many NIMBY friends...”
by exeter44
Friday, October 05 2012, 9:42PM
“And does Mr Vickers listen and represent us? Don't forget in the not too distant past he was a council croney. He bowed to public pressure and was going to get rid of all the speed bumps from the borough. MMmmmmmm. Pot,kettle,black”
by williampink
Friday, October 05 2012, 4:11PM
“Don't they want us riff raff living beside them, the poor snobs.”