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I will be voting for whoever can stop the building social housing in our town centre and Breightmet.  I don't hold much hope for the Tories stopping it either, they've voted for it.

yes im away 

so used my Postal Vote 

HBFI 

Voting means you want someone to represent you. All our local candidates are imbeciles - or student types, by the looks of it.

I'm not giving any of them the time of day

11 minutes ago, Biggish Dave said:

Voting means you want someone to represent you. All our local candidates are imbeciles - or student types, by the looks of it.

I'm not giving any of them the time of day

Strangely, our current lot have been more visible than any I've seen before.

Hands on, doing things like environmental improvements; dog shit bins, litter picking, planting etc.

Nowt massive, but shown some effort.

Just want them to stop the council from keeping Monsanto afloat by stopping them murdering large swathes of grass every year.

The internal squabbling in the town hall and all that bollocks is just par for the course.

 

14 minutes ago, Biggish Dave said:

Voting means you want someone to represent you. All our local candidates are imbeciles - or student types, by the looks of it.

I'm not giving any of them the time of day

Not necessarily. It could mean you DON'T want a certain somebody to represent you...

Lots of new gammon types forming "local" parties. On the surface all looks decent then boom, they hit you with the immigration issues.

Dunno who it was but someone on here said if you don’t have a party you want to vote for then abstain can’t remember why but it was a good point might have been @Not in Crawley

I might just write Ian Evatt > Simeone on mine 

44 minutes ago, Breightmet Boy said:

I will be voting for whoever can stop the building social housing in our town centre and Breightmet.  I don't hold much hope for the Tories stopping it either, they've voted for it.

Regeneration is a good thing no?

 

1 minute ago, gonzo said:

Regeneration is a good thing no?

 

rabbit hutch houses, it's a no from me

3 minutes ago, Breightmet Boy said:

rabbit hutch houses, it's a no from me

So your gripe is with the quality of the social housing? You'd rather they built the houses to a higher standard?

Edited April 28, 20224 yr by Cheese

1 minute ago, Cheese said:

So your gripe is with the quality of the social housing? You'd rather they built the houses to a higher standard?

I'd rather not have housing on the old Moor Lane bus station site, I'd rather have something that'll attract folk to visit the town centre, even put a lawn there until some investor can see a good use for the land.  Town Centres should not be social housing estates in my eyes

1 minute ago, Breightmet Boy said:

I'd rather not have housing on the old Moor Lane bus station site, I'd rather have something that'll attract folk to visit the town centre, even put a lawn there until some investor can see a good use for the land.  Town Centres should not be social housing estates in my eyes

Its long been the councils plans for more housing in and around the town centre. There is no footfall in the town centre because the shopping is poo, theres no decent shops because there's no footfall. So by putting residential areas in the town centre it increases footfall to town centre shops and improves the areas economy. Plus like all areas there's a massive need for social/council housing.

Pre recession plan was for a multi storey car park on Moor Lane bus station and housing going on the Manchester Road college site, Chorley Street car park and surrounding area and Bank Street amongst others.

I think the town centre as we know it has gone along with the market etc

Town will just be the Town Hall surrounded by social housing

9 minutes ago, Breightmet Boy said:

I'd rather not have housing on the old Moor Lane bus station site, I'd rather have something that'll attract folk to visit the town centre, even put a lawn there until some investor can see a good use for the land.  Town Centres should not be social housing estates in my eyes

Houses literally attract folk though. Where do you think Social Housing should be built? As far away from Town Centres as possible?

Rather them build on the town hall square than on the Wyresdale football pitches as planned ! 
 
be voting for the present incumbent as she’s been very visible on this and works hard on other issues, but it’s a Bolton at home development that seems to have answers for every objection so another 94 houses looks likely 

17 minutes ago, Cheese said:

Houses literally attract folk though. Where do you think Social Housing should be built? As far away from Town Centres as possible?

not in it, I've never heard anything so Soul destroying as the plans to build where they are.  Pathetic 

4 minutes ago, fatolive said:

Rather them build on the town hall square than on the Wyresdale football pitches as planned ! 
 
be voting for the present incumbent as she’s been very visible on this and works hard on other issues, but it’s a Bolton at home development that seems to have answers for every objection so another 94 houses looks likely 

and the kids park just off Torrendon Road behind the bungalows as well as near Birkleigh Walk

22 minutes ago, frank_spencer said:

Its long been the councils plans for more housing in and around the town centre. There is no footfall in the town centre because the shopping is poo, theres no decent shops because there's no footfall. So by putting residential areas in the town centre it increases footfall to town centre shops and improves the areas economy. Plus like all areas there's a massive need for social/council housing.

Pre recession plan was for a multi storey car park on Moor Lane bus station and housing going on the Manchester Road college site, Chorley Street car park and surrounding area and Bank Street amongst others.

This social housing in town will mean we have come full circle, slum clearance in the 60s and now cheap shite housing returns in the 2020s.  Just need to rebuild a football ground on Burnden Park and we will have cracked it. 

Edited April 28, 20224 yr by Mounts Kipper

It’s not just social housing though. The plans are for private dwellings also. It’s the only way towns can now regenerate with all of the out of town shopping centres and online shopping. I don’t see a problem with a mix of social and private.

Shops replaced with bars cafes and smaller retail units. Hopefully, with the growth in footfall, then larger shops could return.

31 minutes ago, crawshawbooth said:

I think the town centre as we know it has gone along with the market etc

Town will just be the Town Hall surrounded by social housing

I agree, the current crop have given up the ghost of any chance of saving it, Bury and Chorley folk used to come here shopping, it's the other way around now, Bury Road is heaving on Saturdays with folk going to Bury.

https://www.bolton.gov.uk/news/article/1371/building-blocks-of-bolton-s-regeneration-marks-exciting-times-for-the-town-centre-
 

This is just one of the many developments planned. 

22 minutes ago, fatolive said:

Rather them build on the town hall square than on the Wyresdale football pitches as planned ! 
 
be voting for the present incumbent as she’s been very visible on this and works hard on other issues, but it’s a Bolton at home development that seems to have answers for every objection so another 94 houses looks likely 

she's not getting my vote that's for sure, she's supposedly against the building on Wyresdale but she's not strong enough to influence her own elected colleagues and fight it.   Breightmet has over 25% of the total social housing of Bolton already and is earmarked for another 25% of the planned total housing, considering we have 21 other wards I think we're  just a dumping ground. 

1 minute ago, Breightmet Boy said:

and the kids park just off Torrendon Road behind the bungalows as well as near Birkleigh Walk

I have seen the caravan storage one on New house Farm but not seen that one off Tarbet/ Torridon

there’s been nothing on that patch for years , not sure how they’d create access to it like , just 4 ginnels into now , but you never know , you could fit a car down them just. 

this part of Breightmet must be the only sprawling estate without a kids play park thinking of it, kids can’t access a park without crossing Bury  rd or down to Long Lane.