THE Wirral Society is horrified at the proposed loss of so much of the Wirral Green Belt.
We believe this is driven solely by the council's very optimistic predictions for economic and population growth, for which there is no evidence.
The Government seem to have accepted this, and are now expecting Wirral to build over 800 houses in the borough each year until 2035.
The society is not opposed to housing development as such – only where it is in the wrong place, or is unjustified.
As the peninsula is geographically/administratively an island, there is no room for outward expansion, so our Green Belt is already doing its main job of separating townships.
Much of it is also in production as farmland – and we all need food!
The society would welcome more members to strengthen our voice to oppose this destruction.
Rod Tann, Wirral Society chairman
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