Chelgate Local Newsletter – May 2017
General Election Update, General Election Prediction, Conservative Manifesto, Local Elections, Council Mergers, CLG Select Committee, Southern Rail, PD Drilling Rights and Three Men and a Lady
- General Election Update We are now only two and a half weeks away from polling day and the formation of a new Government. The polls, commentators and just about everyone else (barring John McDonnell) think Theresa May and her ‘team’ will end up with a ‘Thatcher style majority’. More…
- General Election Prediction Entries to our General Election competition are flooding in. Averaging entries out, the prediction is an overall majority in the House of Commons of 55 seats, with the SNP losing 11 seats to have 47 and the LibDems doubling their seats to 16. There is still plenty of time to wind that case of champagne – click here to enter
- Conservative Manifesto Housing (or planning) is not the priority it was just two years ago but the industry and councils still have to deliver the same targets – 1 million new homes by 2020. Added to this is a further 500,000 need to be developed in the period 2020-2022. More…
- Local Elections Did you miss the local election results? We have summarised the results for each county in our operating area: click here to view
- Council Mergers Forest Heath and St Edmundsbury councils are planning on joining to become a single, unitary, council. Is this a growing trend? More…
- CLG Select Committee The Communities and Local Government Committee report published over the early May bank holiday weekend (burying bad news?) has called for government backing for smaller housebuilders and suggested the sector is too reliant on large developers. More…
- Southern Rail It is not just rail passengers who have been affected by 12 months of industrial action by Southern Rail guards. More…
- PD Drilling Rights Hidden in yesterday’s announcements some encouragement for the emerging fracking industry. More…
- Three men and a Lady There is now less than a month to go before the Chelgate Local team embark on the epic 60 mile cycle as part of the world’s largest property cycle ride. Organised by CBRE in aid of Shelter, Chelgate’s dedicated saddle jockeys are all in training and looking forward to the challenge. To support them and the worthy cause, please do sponsor them here
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