OUTCOME OF LETTER SENT BY SAVE THE COUNTRYSIDE TO ALL CHELTENHAM BOROUGH COUNCIL WARD COUNCILLOR CANDIDATES FOR ELECTION 6 MAY 2010
Letters with a questionnaire were sent out to the 64 candidates for the 20 Wards:
| Political party | No. of Candidates | No. of responses |
| CONSERVATIVES | 22 | 5 |
| LIBERAL DEMOCRATS | 22 | 14 |
| GREEN PARTY | 12 | 6 |
| LABOUR PARTY | 6 | 2 |
| PEOPLE AGAINST BUREAUCRACY | 2 | 1 |
| + ONE WITH ILLEGIBLE SIGNATURE | 1 |
TOTAL 29 = 45% return
Leckhampton Ward was the only one where ALL the candidates responded.
NO candidates whatsoever responded from these Wards: St Paul’s, St Peter’s, Springbank
CANDIDATES’ RESPONSES TO QUESTIONNAIRE BY CUT-OFF DATE 1ST MAY 2010
| Yes No ? | |
| 1 Should all empty houses be filled first before new homes are built? | [ 27 ] [ 2 ] [ ] |
| 2 Should brownfield land be developed first before any greenfield sites are considered? | [ 28 ] [ 1 ] [ ] |
| 3 Should garden land be removed from brownfield classification? | [ 23 ] [ 6 ] [ ] |
| 4 Should housebuilding be according to established local NEED? | [ 29 ] [ ] [ ] |
| 5 Should affordable homes be given priority? | [ 26 ] [ 2 ] [ ? ] |
| 6 Should housing instead be according to Central Government-imposed targets as in the South West Regional Spatial Strategy (SWRSS) or the virtually identical ‘Option 1’ figures which preceded it? |
[ 1 ] [ 26 ] [ ?2] |
| 7 Should large-scale development be permitted in the Green Belt? | [ 1 ] [ 28 ] [ ] |
| 8 Should Cheltenham and other Local Authorities with restricted land areas surrounded by designations be penalised if they are unable to prove a five year supply of available housing land? |
[ 1 ] [ 28 ] [ ] |
| 9 Should Planning Inspectors continue to be invited to ‘look favourably’ on any unplanned application if the Borough does not have a five year supply of land? |
[ ] [ 28] [ ? ] |
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