That’s right, say it how it is!
From the Morning Ipswich Star here.
Mrs Terry said: “There is too much political interference. The planning department has lost a lot of good staff over recent years which would slow things down anyway.”
Mrs Terry felt the borough’s insistence on a high proportion of affordable homes with every significant application had put developers off – proposals for a new housing development on the site of the former St Clement’s Hospital was withdrawn because the council insisted 35% of them should be for rent.
She said: “Last year less than 100 new homes were built in the borough. The economy is recovering, but we’re not seeing developments in Ipswich because the council makes so many demands.”
It is not just housing developments that have faced problems – Mrs Terry said political interference had delayed proposals for a Tesco in Grafton Way for so long that eventually the company decided to walk away.
And the council’s economic development officers should have sold the town to potential employers: “We’re an hour from the City of London, there’s office space to let at a reasonable price.
“Why aren’t we down there talking to companies about relocating to Ipswich? That’s what the town needs,” she added.
Well said Judy. I add that Ipswich Labour are purposely holding back development in Ipswich so that Ipswich people think that the whole country is in stagnation and blame the Tories in government instead of the real culprits, Ipswich Labour. It is all for their personal political gain.
Judy Terry not being on the council will be a great loss to the people of Ipswich.
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