FROM THE CHAMBERS: On housing numbers
This week's column is by Cllr Gary Cowan, who talks about housing numbers in Wokingham.
Tag: Housing
Apartments plan for Twyford business park
A TWYFORD business park could see one of its offices converted into 41 flats, if approved by the planning committee. ...
1,600 new homes a year is a ‘mystifying’ number says councillor
GOVERNMENT plans to dump more than 1,600 new homes a year on Wokingham borough have been labelled as ‘mystifying’ by ...
Council can’t afford to help big developers by delaying payments
Councils are being encouraged to delay collecting money from housing developers designated for community contributions.
Mad as hell and not going to take it anymore
ANOTHER week and another batch of stories about building. Planned developments, planning appeals, chopping trees down and mooted housing schemes. ...
Wokingham council's housing holding company to remain loss-making for a while longer
WOKINGHAM Borough Council’s housing arm is expected to continue making a loss for a while longer. Liberal Democrat deputy leader, ...
Mum and her four children fleeing domestic abuse say they have been let down by the council over housing issues
The family claimed Wokingham Borough Council told them that the house they would move into would be entirely empty, without ...
Resident who converted barn and stables into rental accommodation loses appeal against council
A WOKINGHAM resident who converted a barn and stables into rental accommodation has lost an appeal. Mark Flaherty, of Coppid ...
Failed planning applications are costing Wokingham taxpayers ‘millions’ warns councillor
FAILED planning applications are costing taxpayers in Wokingham “millions of pounds” every year. That was the claim by a councillor ...
Ruscombe resident’s film aims to help fight against overdevelopment
A man from Ruscombe has created a thought-provoking video raising awareness of the need to preserve the village’s Green Belt. ...
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