{"id":492,"date":"2022-01-08T20:02:32","date_gmt":"2022-01-08T20:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.buildabetterbembridge.co.uk\/?page_id=492"},"modified":"2022-01-08T20:04:09","modified_gmt":"2022-01-08T20:04:09","slug":"joe-robertson","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.buildabetterbembridge.co.uk\/index.php\/joe-robertson\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Robertson IOW Councillor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.buildabetterbembridge.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/JR-Village-Hall-6th-Jan-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.buildabetterbembridge.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/JR-Village-Hall-6th-Jan-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.buildabetterbembridge.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/JR-Village-Hall-6th-Jan-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.buildabetterbembridge.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/JR-Village-Hall-6th-Jan-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.buildabetterbembridge.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/JR-Village-Hall-6th-Jan-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.buildabetterbembridge.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/JR-Village-Hall-6th-Jan.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Joe Robertson, Isle of Wight Councillor for Bembridge, is backing Build a Better Bembridge. Joe opposes the application for 57 homes on land between Steyne Road and&nbsp;Hillway Road. He has been supporting local residents to comment and object on the Council&#8217;s online planning portal. He also spoke at the Parish Council Planning&nbsp;Meeting on 5th January 2022 and again the following day at BBB&#8217;s public meeting at the Village Hall. Joe has been campaigning for improvements to the draft Island&nbsp;Planning Strategy to ensure the Village settlement boundary does not expand and green space is protected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I am opposed to the application for 57 new homes off Steyne Road because it does nothing to meet the housing need for young, working age Islanders. A 2-bed&nbsp;bungalow on the edge of the same site is being marketed for \u00a3625,000. Even if it was subject to a 20% discount, that is not affordable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;There are also major flooding issues with the site and adjoining roads. Major flood events are now a reality all year round. We had serious flooding in July 2021 where&nbsp;water entered homes in both Hillway Road and Steyne Road causing tens of thousands of pounds of damage. Southern Water are regularly discharging waste water into&nbsp;the sea including sewage because the infrastructure cannot cope with existing homes let alone lots more. Bembridge is also the subject of a statutory flood investigation&nbsp;being carried out by external consultants. The is the worst possible place to be building lots of new homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I encourage all residents to have their say by visiting the Council&#8217;s online planning portal (or writing in to County Hall). Even once the deadline of 12th January has&nbsp;passed, submissions made soon after that date should be taken into account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I am calling on the leadership of the Isle of Wight Council to show ambition by bringing forward more brownfield sites to meet the Island&#8217;s housing needs, particularly&nbsp;key sites in Newport. Until more brownfield sites are put on the priority list, greenfield sites in our small towns and villages will continue to be under threat and&nbsp;considered easy targets by developers.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joe Robertson, Isle of Wight Councillor for Bembridge, is backing Build a Better Bembridge. Joe opposes the application for 57 homes on land between Steyne Road and&nbsp;Hillway Road. He has been supporting local residents to comment and object on the Council&#8217;s online planning portal. 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