24th July 2010, 04:46 PM
Yes our village can boast a few major rock stars past and present as well but there are limited various self-made Brummy businessmen - I can only think of 3. Yes it is the countryside it is also in an outstanding part of an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. In our village there is a net commute into it and a minority of people work.
Different villages have different needs and this varies in different parts of the countryside. Yes many villages will not have the expertise but I can think of many villages in Worcestershire that will have. Dinosaur makes my point when he says "who are the real locals"? Is it my wife whose family have lived in Oxfordshire for many generations. Is it the children of people who moved here in the nineteen sixties? Is it families who have been here a 100 years/200 years or since the village was founded in the C8? Are incomers from the nearby villages allowed?
As for people with second homes, that people do not rent out, making the problems worse this is simply not an issue there are only two properties which are second homes and both worth well in excess of five million.
What does unite people is the desire to preserve and protect the area. The population will simply not wish to damage the historic or natural environment. The question is how can this be reconciled with a perceived need to build affordable houses.
Peter
Different villages have different needs and this varies in different parts of the countryside. Yes many villages will not have the expertise but I can think of many villages in Worcestershire that will have. Dinosaur makes my point when he says "who are the real locals"? Is it my wife whose family have lived in Oxfordshire for many generations. Is it the children of people who moved here in the nineteen sixties? Is it families who have been here a 100 years/200 years or since the village was founded in the C8? Are incomers from the nearby villages allowed?
As for people with second homes, that people do not rent out, making the problems worse this is simply not an issue there are only two properties which are second homes and both worth well in excess of five million.
What does unite people is the desire to preserve and protect the area. The population will simply not wish to damage the historic or natural environment. The question is how can this be reconciled with a perceived need to build affordable houses.
Peter