WHH's comments on cabinet meeting of 7th Nov

This post is in response to accusations made against CCH Councillors on certain fb pages.
If you would like to see for yourself what was said and how it was said, please see the link below for HDC’s live streaming of last night’s cabinet meeting and, Paper H relating to the Garden Community that was to be discussed.

Please take the video to 37 minutes to begin at the start of the Garden Community debate.

https://fb.me/HDCLiveStreaming

https://www.hart.gov.uk/sites/default/files/1_Residents/19%2011%2007%20Garden%20village%20updated.pdf 
CCH have been accused of: 
- being rude to members of the public.
- being prejudicial towards a new settlement.
- wanting to build houses Hart doesn’t need.
- wanting to build 10,000 new homes.

We say, we were assertive in demonstrating our reasoning, were reactive to correct misinformation and were defensive, when necessary, of ourselves and, the people we represent. 

As you decide for yourself, we would like to draw your attention (see below) to just one member of the public’s statement as it has bearing on one of the accusations made against us:-

Rural Hart Association (RHA, made up of 3 predominately Winchfield groups), state they want to regenerate Fleet Town Centre and, have ‘given developers the Hart Centre’. They then state that their developers will not carry out any work on this ‘regeneration’ scheme ‘unless HDC takes the Garden Village off the table’.

Is this prejudicial by residents of Winchfield wanting future development away from them and for it to continue in and around Fleet?
If you live in Fleet, Church Crookham, Crookham Village, Elvetham Heath and Hook, you will know they’ve seen the majority of urban expansion over the last decade. Do you ‘really’ want more development tagged on, using existing infrastructure... roads, schools, doctors, station that already cannot cope? Do you want to live in town where it’s centre is high rise apartment blocks offering no outdoor space for families? 
That’s what RHA are proposing for you. 

We will look at all options open to us but, CCH want to deliver our future housing needs in a way that is high quality, sustainable and right for the majority of Hart not, just for the few.

And, as we have said many times before, reiterated by Councillor Radley last night, if we don’t ‘need’ to build more houses then we ‘won’t’ build any more houses.