The Facts behind the November 2015 edition of Focus on Rokeby & Overslade
Focus on Rokeby and Overslade - November 2015
To get more information on the articles in the November 2015 edition of Focus on Rokeby and Overslade use the following links to click through to the extra detail.
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Liberal Democrats and Labour unite to save Special School Nursery Provision - see http://warkslibdems.mycouncillor.org.uk/2015/11/03/county-lib-dems-force-change-of-heart-on-special-nursery-transport/#page-content
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Air quality and the Dun Cow junction in Dunchurch - see http://rugbylibdems.org.uk/en/article/2015/1117611/nitrogen-oxides-air-pollution-and-health-a-briefing-note
How many homes does Britain need/does Rugby need
A report from Shelter on Britain's housing need can be found at: https://england.shelter.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/689447/Solutions_for_the_housing_shortage_-_FINAL.pdf
A report from the University of the West of England showing that most of these can be built on brown field sites can be found at:
Finally there is an article from Polly Toynbee in the Guardian which shows how government policy is likely to make the shortage of affordable homes worse:
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Conservative councillors vote for 2,800 extra houses to support Coventry's failure
There are two articles on this story on the Rugby Liberal Democrat website.
This was posted before the meeting: http://rugbylibdems.org.uk/en/article/2015/1117799/liberal-democrats-attack-tory-plans-for-rugby-urban-sprawl
And this is the report of the meeting itself: http://rugbylibdems.org.uk/en/article/2015/1117869/labour-and-conservatives-unite-to-build-houses-on-shaky-foundations
Rugby Local Plan
We have set up a special page of our website to provide information about the local plan - see http://rugbylibdems.org.uk/rugby-local-plan
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Gyratory - getting it right
Bill Lewis's challenge to Warwickshire County Council - http://rugbylibdems.org.uk/en/article/2015/1118189/the-gyratory-bill-lewis-s-challenge-to-warwickshire-county-council-s-highways-planners
Bill Lewis's suggestions for improvement - http://rugbylibdems.org.uk/en/article/2015/1118191/seven-problems-with-the-new-rugby-gyratory
Hunters Lane - household recycling centre
If you like getting into the fine detail of things you will find this report by the county council fascinating: https://democratic.warwickshire.gov.uk/Cmis5/Document.ashx?czJKcaeAi5tUFL1DTL2UE4zNRBcoShgo=lz7hWDBxf%2b00KG7NPQvRU7YvB3M8V5NdpSXBZNNCGgKhdaGf9STeAg%3d%3d&rUzwRPf%2bZ3zd4E7Ikn8Lyw%3d%3d=pwRE6AGJFLDNlh225F5QMaQWCtPHwdhUfCZ%2fLUQzgA2uL5jNRG4jdQ%3d%3d&mCTIbCubSFfXsDGW9IXnlg%3d%3d=hFflUdN3100%3d&kCx1AnS9%2fpWZQ40DXFvdEw%3d%3d=hFflUdN3100%3d&uJovDxwdjMPoYv%2bAJvYtyA%3d%3d=ctNJFf55vVA%3d&FgPlIEJYlotS%2bYGoBi5olA%3d%3d=NHdURQburHA%3d&d9Qjj0ag1Pd993jsyOJqFvmyB7X0CSQK=ctNJFf55vVA%3d&WGewmoAfeNR9xqBux0r1Q8Za60lavYmz=ctNJFf55vVA%3d&WGewmoAfeNQ16B2MHuCpMRKZMwaG1PaO=ctNJFf55vVA%3