Martin delighted at Lib Dem RSS commitment (Cheltenham Liberal Democrats)

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Martin delighted at Lib Dem RSS commitment

April 14, 2010 5:48 PM

Martin Horwood, Cheltenham's MP since 2005 and Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate for the town, has welcomed the specific Liberal Democrat manifesto commitment which will spell the end of the South West Regional Spatial Strategy that currently threatens green land around Cheltenham.

After co-writing the party's policy on this issue which was confirmed by the Lib Dem conference last September this position has been re-affirmed in the party's manifesto published today. The manifesto states 'Liberal Democrats will abolish the Infrastructure Planning Commission and return decision making, including housing targets, to local people.'

Martin said 'I am delighted that this explicit commitment to return housing targets to local control is in the manifesto in black and white. This means the end of the South West Regional Spatial Strategy and its unsustainable housing targets for Cheltenham and means that we can start to tackle homelessness without destroying the countryside.'