Whilst not denying the Cambridge growth idea and recognising the need for a long term approach, the Minister’s response to the Cambridge leak is ambiguous. Perhaps tellingly, a plan to win local support is not mentioned.  Matilda Battersby of Housing Today (14 July 2023) has another interesting article on responses to the plan, if it … Continue reading Cambridge: to grow, or not to grow?

Angry response from the local Cambridge MP to the idea of massive growth. His blunt choice of  words, based on toy opposition to a water supply deficit, matter. They stop growth and promote spatial chaos.  In my last blog, two days ago I suggested Michael Gove’s thoughtful plans to build 250,000 new homes around Cambridge in … Continue reading Conservative confusion continues?

A very good re-start of strategic thinking by the Conservatives; their first attempt since 2011. How will local support be achieved? The weakness? Where is the spatial growth thinking on which it relies?  It is the first good news about the housing crisis from the Conservatives for a very long time. Harry Yorke , Deputy … Continue reading Britain’s new Silicon Valley: Cambridge + 250,000

Sunak is faint-hearted. He is likely to try and avoid the housing issue as it's too contentious. An incoherent Tory housing policy will continue. Ex-Minister for the environment says the PM is simply uninterested. The decision announced today by Lord Zac Goldsmith, to quit his environmental ministerial role, saying the Prime Minister is ‘simply uninterested’ … Continue reading Housing. Does Sunak understand or care?