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Vikki Grimes the petitioner to SAY “NO” TO 350 NEW HOUSES ON (MAINLY) GREEN BELT IN THE CENTRE OF ASCOT was given 5 minutes to address Councillors at the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead Council meeting, on Thursday March 30th, at the Council meeting, in The Guildhall Windsor at 7.30pm.
The Petition says: "We the undersigned petition The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead to SAY “NO” TO 350 NEW HOUSES ON (MAINLY) GREEN BELT IN THE CENTRE OF ASCOT'. More details . Submitted by Mrs Vikki Grimes , residents had an opportunity to sign the petition by January 11th 2017. It attracted 1,287 signatures.
The Petition failed to attract support from any of the Ascot councillors - who felt that the consortium of developers, builders and landowners were starting to listen to concerns and had been roundly scolded for their poor presentation to the public, in December 2016.
The e-petition containing 1,287 signatories, was submitted to the Council on 20th February 2017. In accordance with the provisions of the Council’s Constitution, it was requested by the lead petitioner that the petition be reported to, and debated at, a full Council meeting.
The petition reads as follows:
“We the undersigned petition The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead to say “no” to 350 new houses on (mainly) green belt in the centre of Ascot. Landowners in Ascot want to build 350 new houses on either side of Ascot High Street - land that is either Green Belt or open space. This will also mean losing many of the mature trees which frame the Ascot views. How will the already gridlocked High Street and surrounding roads cope with the increase in traffic? Where will workers & shoppers be able to park, when all the car parks are built over? What will happen on Race Days? We see no answers to any of these questions. We believe this development will have a massive and unacceptable impact on our local communities - both in Ascot and the surrounding area. We call on the Royal Borough to NOT remove this land out of the Green Belt and to NOT include this site for housing in the Borough Local Plan”.
The Constitution provides for a maximum time of 30 minutes to debate such petitions; this can be overruled at the Mayor’s discretion.
In accordance with the Constitution, the order of speaking is:
a) The Mayor may invite the relevant officer to set out the background to the petition issue.
b) The Lead Petitioner to address the meeting on the petition (5 minutes maximum)
c) The Mayor to invite any relevant Ward Councillors present to address the meeting. (Maximum time of 3 minutes each for this purpose)
d) The Mayor to invite the relevant officer to provide any further comment.
e) The Mayor will invite all Members to debate the matter (Rules of Debate as per the Constitution apply)
