Local Plan Briefing

Join us for an unmissable briefing and Q&A session on the Local Plan to learn about the huge challenges we face and how we aim to tackle these.

The Labour Government has thrown B&NES under the bus by more than doubling our housing target (from 717 per year to 1,501 pa). The Lib Dems are not NIMBYs – we recognise our residents face a housing crisis. The need for affordable housing is especially acute. We want to deliver the right homes in the right places. Our guiding principles are sustainability (e.g. not creating new housing areas where everyone is car-dependent), quality, place-making and a preference for large developments which deliver a ‘quantum’ of housing – bringing community benefits (developer funded infrastructure and facilities). We face unique local constraints (including Green Belt and Bath’s World Heritage inscriptions) that make meeting the Government’s controversial housing targets all but impossible. Sign up for your place to get the inside track on this vitally important topic.