I have today submitted the below objection on North Somerset Council's website to Planning Application 23/P/0664/OUT - housing development in Yatton.
'I am objecting to this application to build on the Yatton flood plain in the strongest terms.
Dear Jo,
You will already be aware that Roots Allotments, which is the trading name for the company Allota Futureland, propose to lease around 24 acres of land at Abbots Leigh to create 700 plots which would be sold on a commercial basis.
Dr Liam Fox MP:
Usually, my Adjournment debates requiring a Minister from the Department of Transport to come to the House relate to the Portishead railway, but such is the state of progress on that subject, I am able to turn to something entirely different today and regale the House with the tale
Please find attached the final response from Richard Holden MP, Minister for Roads and Local Transport, on the Clevedon Public Realm Scheme.
The best action we can take is to change the North Somerset Council to have any guarantee of changing the scheme.
Our region received one of the biggest settlements in the UK from the Conservative Government for improvements to bus services. I hope this money is used wisely and you can see the initial plans produced by North Somerset Council in the attached document.
Thank you for your emails about the failure of the legal action to overturn the decision to expand passenger numbers at Bristol airport.
As you know, I objected to the expansion, primarily on the grounds that our local transport infrastructure is not prepared to take an increase in passenger number
