This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Stop over-developing the countryside, and focus on populating empty homes
We would like the government to abandon their plans of overdeveloping tiny village communities and ruining the local area, and instead re-home people to places like Redcar in the North that have whole streets abandoned due to lack of work - then allow for infrastructure to grow in those areas.
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In our community alone we have over 3,000 homes being introduced to a tiny hamlet that had only 1,000 in it at the end of 2020. Soon the village we are in will be dwarfed by the new development and our tiny community will go. On the flip side, the North is desperate for infrastructure and communities, with whole towns being empty. By rehoming people / attracting people to the North we can develop these areas that already have homes in need of TLC, and actually build back better as promised!
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.
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We understand that you are concerned about the development of new housing, but we're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do.
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