Housebuilding In The Administrative County Of Surrey

EDM number 687 in 2004-05, proposed by David Wilshire on 08/02/2005.

That this House expresses its deep concern at the plans to impose massive house building on the Administrative County of Surrey; notes that such plans are based on the Government's Sustainable Communities Plan launched by the Deputy Prime Minister; congratulates the Environmental Audit Committee on its report, Housing; Building a Sustainable Future, which attacks the Government's plans as not adequately considering the environmental impacts of the proposed increase in house building, with the environment as principal loser, as establishing the principal role of planning as being simply to meet market demand without regard for democratic accountability, as not having an adequate evidence base, as not referring to environmental protection, as making efforts towards sustainability that are little more than window dressing, and as likely to result in a dramatic increase in the number of properties flooded; calls on the Government to undertake the research recommended by the Committee to amend its plans to take account of the environmental impacts and not to take forward the current misconceived proposals, which would lead to overdevelopment in the Administrative County of Surrey and other parts of the South East, and to traffic congestion, train overcrowding and undue pressure on all local services; and condemns the Government for pressing ahead with this plan even though the South East of England Regional Assembly has withdrawn its support.

This motion has been signed by a total of 10 MPs.