Member

I want to spend a couple of minutes focusing on the big new clauses. New clause 43 is about the protection of villages. Mid Buckinghamshire is made up of many villages, some of which can no longer be recognised as villages. Haddenham, which is not really a village any more, has grown exponentially and is now struggling for infrastructure, and now sees the threat of another 700 homes on top. Stoke Mandeville has 650 more homes proposed, which would see it essentially merge with Wendover. This is unsustainable and challenging the rural identity of Buckinghamshire. I strongly believe that those new protections should be put in place.