HOUSING IN NORTH WEST ENGLAND

Early day motion 96, tabled 25 November 1999 by Hilton Dawson (Labour). Signed by 13 members.

That this House supports the conclusion of the Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs Committee's seventeenth report on housing that the North West could achieve a target of building almost 100 per cent. of new homes on brownfield land; believes that it would be to the benefit of rural and urban areas if the only homes built on greenfield sites in the region were low-cost and rented dwellings to meet specific local needs; and therefore calls on the North West Regional Assembly to reflect public opinion in the region by selecting a spatial option for regional planning guidance that ensures that at least 95 per cent. of all new housing is directed to appropriate brownfield sites within existing settlements.

Signatures by party: Labour 9, Labour/Co-operative 2, Conservative 1, Liberal Democrat 1.