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This petition is now closed, as its deadline has passed.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to reject the plan from unelected South West quangos to construct 68,700 new properties in Cornwall over the next twenty years and agree that Cornwall's housing strategy should be determined exclusively by democratically elected Cornish politicians, responsive to the needs and aspirations of the people whom they are elected to serve. More details

Submitted by Cllr Dick Cole – Deadline to sign up by: 05 September 2008 – Signatures: 370

Petition update, 09 October 2008

You signed a petition asking the Prime Minister to "reject the plan from unelected South West quangos to construct 68,700 new properties in Cornwall over the next twenty years and agree that Cornwall's housing strategy should be determined exclusively by democratically elected Cornish politicians, responsive to the needs and aspirations of the people whom they are elected to serve."

The Prime Minister's Office has responded to that petition and you can view it here:

http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page17121


Prime Minister's Office

More details from petition creator

The South West Regional Spatial Strategy (RSS) aims to massively increase house-building in Cornwall. The original RSS produced by the unelected South West Regional Assembly in 2006 proposed that 45,000 houses should be built in Cornwall up to 2026, but an “Examination in Public” (unelected panel) has increased the proposed number to 68,700 – the equivalent of one new house for every four existing properties in Cornwall. This would have an unacceptable impact on Cornwall’s communities, environment, and infrastructure. Cornwall’s democratically elected representatives should be empowered to deliver a housing strategy which focuses on providing affordable homes to meet local needs.

Current signatories

Cllr Dick Cole, the Petition Creator, joined by:

  • Richard Clark
  • Lucia Crothall
  • Ben Parish
  • Andrew Constantine, Free England Party
  • Dick King
  • S King
  • Jeff
  • Tim Saunders
  • G Camborne-Paynter
  • Robert Simmons
  • Helen Banks
  • Ian Williams
  • Colin Roberts
  • Polin Prys
  • Nigel Hicks
  • John Talbot
  • Perran Penrose
  • Jim Pengelly
  • craig weatherhill
  • Susan Davey
  • Julie Ruth Tamblin
  • NEIL PLUMMER
  • Simon Foster
  • Chris Wilson
  • Rhisiart Tal-e-bot
  • Barbara Panvel
  • Philip Glover
  • Davyth Hicks
  • Steve Gray
  • Robert Lyle
  • Jerry Rogers
  • Cllr Loic Rich
  • Bernard Deacon
  • Pamela Drake
  • Peregrine Carter
  • Andrew Long
  • Will Coleman
  • M K Paynter
  • martin leeburn
  • David Bickle
  • Vivien Pomfrey MSc
  • Mr R.J. Lindsay
  • Kim Scott
  • ken marshall
  • Alex Wallis
  • Kathy Wallis
  • Philip Hosking
  • Cllr. Peter Mates CC
  • Lesley Kazan-Pinfield
  • Jakki Love
  • Mark Trebell
  • Dr Steve Harris
  • Patrick Vaughan Trembath
  • shane hennah
  • Paul Commons
  • Peter Levin
  • Margaret Marshall
  • DC Williams
  • Mark Noall
  • Jane Howells
  • Jill Fox
  • Iwan Lemoine
  • Jaqi Heard
  • Raymond Chubb
  • Louisa Keyworth
  • David Robins
  • Howard Newlove
  • Roger Creagh-Osborne
  • Aitken Bevan
  • Colin Bex
  • Roger Aubrey
  • joanne wilson
  • Cador Pendry
  • Cllr Tamsin Williams
  • Cllr.Mario Fonk
  • Allister Mills
  • Bruce Hocking
  • Jack Dixon
  • lorely lloyd
  • Ian Jones
  • loveday carlyon
  • matt hocking
  • david collin
  • Verena Stubbs
  • Dr Michael Haywood
  • paul francis bright
  • Kriskin Allum
  • Jonathan parker
  • margaret Sellwood
  • Robert Jeffery
  • Mrs Dawn Hunn
  • Nick Hunn
  • James
  • Dr. Lewis Mates
  • Elizabeth Baines
  • julyan holmes
  • Archie Turnbull
  • Revd Andy Phillips
  • Ann Jenkin
  • Rob Follett
  • Ross Williams
  • Cllr Roger Holmes
  • henry biscoe
  • PAWL DUNBAR
  • Marianne Beale
  • Tamsyn Whiting
  • Dorothy Nelson
  • Terry Knight
  • Jo Poland
  • Tom Bassett
  • Chris Davey
  • Kyt Le Nen Davey
  • Jan Williams
  • Rob Pickering
  • Dr Y (J) Ingram Bm.D.
  • Jenny Rowlands
  • John Fleet
  • Judith McBrien
  • Robert Cook
  • Cllr Graeme Hicks
  • Alan M. Kent
  • Mrs IB Pickering
  • Audrey Bryant
  • Keith Paddock
  • JOHN CORMACK
  • Lindi McAlpine
  • Lucille Opie
  • Iris Binstead
  • Jon Knight
  • Margaret Perry
  • R.M. Shaddick
  • peadar macdonnchadha
  • Michael Greenslade
  • Margaret O'Sullivan
  • lyn bowden
  • Elizabeth Moore
  • Julie Blewett
  • David Howley
  • liz Gregory
  • Cora Buchanan
  • steven marshall
  • Louise Galloway
  • Steve Tait
  • Hannah King
  • Amie Pinfield
  • Derek R. Williams
  • robert craig
  • Cllr Simon Reed
  • Jennifer Marshall
  • Clive Boutle
  • Julian German, Cornwall Councillor
  • Jowdy Davey
  • Terry Truscott
  • Gari Retalek
  • Ron Opie
  • Alasdair MacCaluim
  • Tony Mansell
  • Ivor Corkell
  • Robin Paris
  • Wilson McLeod
  • MIchael Spinks
  • Peter Maude
  • Elizabeth Colwill
  • D.M.thomas
  • Michelle Oliver
  • Laurence Lewis
  • Jerry Jefferies
  • George Pritchard
  • Dr Adam Biscoe
  • Pam Smith-Rawnsley
  • Mark Dungey
  • Emma Trevarthen
  • richard angove
  • Ginny Edwards
  • David Fensom
  • Neil Williams
  • David Oates
  • David Farmer
  • Graham Hart
  • Tony Piper
  • Gary Small
  • Peter Dudley Williams
  • John Welch
  • Robert G Clark
  • Andrew Bath
  • Robert Reynolds
  • David Jarmain
  • Christine Bilsland
  • daphne savery
  • Jackie Thornton
  • Carol Richards
  • R Light
  • Tony Thornton
  • Anne Tryhorn
  • Nick Wilshaw
  • marcus grose
  • Cllr Matthew Luke
  • Tony Bayfield
  • Trevor Phillips
  • Fiona Phillips
  • clive martin
  • Matt
  • margaret hunt
  • Peter Thomas
  • Mark Bramwell
  • Sheila Hunkin
  • Caroline Astin
  • Adam Whaley - Stop The Marina!
  • Rachel Lofthouse
  • Betty Levene
  • Barry Daniels
  • Peter Dudley
  • Cllr Stuart Cullimore
  • Cllr Helene Cullimore
  • Robert Hayes
  • Philip Pearce
  • John Marshall
  • Roger C Bull
  • roger Lowry
  • Sarah Vivian
  • Miles Hoskin
  • Bernard D Platt
  • Dennis Townson
  • Dee Thomas
  • Dawn Maliqi
  • John Chapman
  • Jethro Buck
  • julia bennett
  • Christopher Stewart Maynard
  • dave hicks
  • Rhian Roberts
  • justine bramwell
  • Adrian Redgers
  • Christine Clements
  • Roger Bailey
  • Diana Bailey
  • zoe pascoe
  • Avril Moyle
  • Sylvia Moyle
  • LISA DAMERELL
  • heather metherell
  • andrew prideaux
  • Jacqie Levin
  • emma richards
  • S Szymon
  • sophie akinti
  • David Peter Riley
  • Ciaran Riley
  • David J G Szymon
  • Tracey Colwill
  • Karl Buckland
  • Damion Sampson
  • D Rockell
  • John Elliott
  • Roger Curnow
  • Peter Wills
  • Thomas Wils
  • Tony Brooks
  • Alan Trevarthen
  • Vivian John SEYMOUR
  • Mike Chappell of the Celtic League
  • Tom Tremewan
  • Michael Cole
  • Pam Brooks
  • MARK BUDGE
  • Cllr Phil Rendle
  • Barbara Tremewan
  • Dai Barnaby
  • Nigel Pengelly
  • Revd George Rowe
  • Neil Kennedy
  • Margaret Cole
  • B Jenkins
  • Rosemary
  • Gary Marshall
  • Peter and Carole Lucas
  • David Watson
  • Patricia Ann Liverod
  • Alexander Beckett
  • Alan Gray
  • Gwen Jenkins, B.N.P.
  • Katrina Wagstaff
  • Patrick Nicholls
  • Ken Weeks
  • Peter Mullins
  • john webb
  • Merryn Davies-Deacon
  • Norah Davies
  • Sandra Laslett
  • Keith Laslett
  • Alan Knight
  • Christine Pearce
  • Jeremy Pearce
  • P & R. Thomas
  • Fran Evans
  • Dr. Daniel A. Evans
  • Linda Moffatt
  • MARGARET JOHNSON
  • Ron Marking
  • Kim Sherin
  • Penny Davies
  • KEITH THOMAS
  • Jan Pearce
  • Steven Childs
  • Cllr. C. Jenkin
  • NICOLLE MITCHELL
  • Cyriul Eustice
  • Sandy Angove CC
  • Margaret Reeves
  • E Carne
  • sara marsh
  • STEVEN MILLER
  • Martyn Alvey
  • kate ormrod
  • Jill rainford
  • Peter rainford
  • Luke Griffiths
  • jeff davis
  • Peter Naish
  • Carol Naish
  • J.C.Malim
  • David Blight
  • Christopher John Bosworth
  • John Michael Harvey
  • David Maddock
  • Preston Connor
  • Ruth Overton
  • Robin Sims
  • Philip J Williams
  • KERSTIN ROLFE
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  • Maureen Jagus
  • Kevin Verrant James
  • Polly Oliver
  • Mark Barrett
  • Faye Sullivan
  • Thomas Russon
  • Karen Mitchell
  • Eric Bayley
  • martyn carne
  • Claire Green
  • bob frost
  • Margaret Thomas
  • Gerard Barett
  • Lee Broderick
  • Gary Wheat
  • Jane Jones
  • Christopher Chynoweth
  • Anthony seymour
  • Gerald Sleeman
  • David B . Taylor
  • Theresa Batchelor
  • andrea watson
  • Richard Sowell
  • Ivan Teblin
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  • duncan ellis
  • Jamie McFarland
  • Liz G
  • david de sousa
  • Tim Hughes
  • Neil Palmer
  • david curtis
  • Cheryl Bennet
  • Peter Duffy
  • Tamsin Bendle
  • PETER HOWARD
  • Jayne Riley

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