300,000 homes where are they going?

[Lincoln75]

Not here I hope. My part of this small island is full but despite this is being concreted over apace. Local infrastructure is at breaking point. Not to mention the future shortages of water and electricity that WILL occur in the SE soon. Not to mention the fact that building in many parts round here relies on flood protection, funding for which is declining.
I think we should encourage emigration myself. (joking but it has its pluses, remember hitchhikers guide to the galaxy, they sent the most important people off in the first spaceship......)
Anyway who is going to benefit apart from a few farmers who get wodges of cash (and then reinvest with rollover and fudge the ag land market further) and some spivvy developers? I am very depressed at the prospect. Its back to the days of Mr Prescott concreting over the South.

Seriously , go to your local airfield and take a 30 min flight , there's no shortage of space for building, then think of a good reasons why working British citizens should not have a house of their own.

 

[Clive]

I always find it ironic that anyone who lives in a house should object to a house being built for someone else to live in

 

[Lincoln75]

I always find it ironic that anyone who lives in a house should object to a house being built for someone else to live in

And one usually finds the bigger they house they own the more they object .

 

[Sussex Martin]

There's a few thousand going up here , local roads are already at breaking point and local councils seem to just go along with whatever the developer suggests, it's an absolute disaster.

 

[two-cylinder]

I always find it ironic that anyone who lives in a house should object to a house being built for someone else to live in

Most opposition from newcomers to village too

 

[gone up the hill]

Around here they cant build new towns/ estates fast enough, most of them are on flood planes as well and stick out like a sore thumb for miles around!

But if your a farmer and want to build one dwelling for your son/ daughter/ worker etc then you haven't a hope in hell of getting planning!

 

[IH 684]

A large percentage of them are planned for brownfield sites. Greenfield sites will be in fill sites. The bubble will soon burst once we are out of europe.

 

[Bman]

It's a type rope for the government build to many house and the price falls leaving a lot of people in negative equity Build to few and you don't get elected

 

[Sussex Martin]

I always find it ironic that anyone who lives in a house should object to a house being built for someone else to live in

I have nothing against development/housbuilding, it's the local infrastructure that cannot cope with the influx of people and cars that is the problem.
As an aside, there was a piece on the local news last week suggesting that people should reduce water usage by at least 25% as we are heading for a water shortage because of lack of rain!

 

[renewablejohn]

Have 3 acres in the centre of a village. Sure I could fit a few hundred affordable houses on that. Open to offers.

 

[Lincoln75]

How many land owners here would refuse £1m per acre ?

 

[gone up the hill]

Kent seems to be where at moment 8000 in a small vintage (Horsmonden and Paddock Wood) it will devastate the area

Hell of a lot of building going on around paddock wood/ West Mailing area!

 

[Lincoln75]

Kent seems to be where at moment 8000 in a small vintage (Horsmonden and Paddock Wood) it will devastate the area

So where are your kids and friends and families kids going to live if housing isnt increased ?

 

[gone up the hill]

So where are your kids and friends and families kids going to live if housing isnt increased ?

They cant build the houses fast enough, trouble is nothing is spent on roads/ schools/ GPs etc etc in these areas.

If they carry on like this some parts of the country will be gridlocked all day long!

 

[Lincoln75]

They cant build the houses fast enough, trouble is nothing is spent on roads/ schools/ GPs etc etc in these areas.

If they carry on like this some parts of the country will be gridlocked all day long!

More GPs surgeries will pop up if populations increase , its very lucrative for GPs if there are enough residents in an area , as for roads more will be built but not fast enough I suspect so it will cause issues initially.

 

[Traffic dodger]

Think flats will become more common as space gets less and less available. I can not think of another way to physically get more and more people somewhere to live if the population keeps on growing.

 

[gone up the hill]

More GPs surgeries will pop up if populations increase , its very lucrative for GPs if there are enough residents in an area , as for roads more will be built but not fast enough I suspect so it will cause issues initially.

No roads are being improved and no GP's are setting up in these places!

 

[ARW]

Where does the money come from for 300,000 homes?
Then the money for 300,000 mortgages?
Personally I wouldn’t buy one, in 10 years they will be falling apart, recession hits with all the cash borrowed and jobs lost, they will be dole towns falling into disrepair

 

[Lincoln75]

Remoaners (yeah I brought Brexit into it) should remember that no immigrants / repatriation mean more houses available.

 

[gone up the hill]

Remoaners (yeah I brought Brexit into it) should remember that no immigrants / repatriation mean more houses available.

Voting remain or leave has nothing to do with the fact that they aren't improving the roads/ getting more GPS etc in the areas that they are building all these new houses!