Greens push hard for new council and affordable housing on the Skerton School Site 20 April 2025 / 20 April 2025 by Ceri Turner While many councils struggle financially to build new council housing – Lancaster City Council is one of very few that is determined to do so and to increase the supply of affordable housing. Led by the Greens, the City Council is making good progress to build completely new housing to be owned and run by […] Read more » Affordable homes Andrew Otway Council Housing Housing Lancaster City Council Skerton Zack Polanski
The Challenge of Providing Affordable Homes for Everyone 7 January 2025 / 10 January 2025 by Ceri Turner A public meeting organised by North Lancashire Green Party Tuesday 26th November 2024 The Lancaster district is experiencing a crisis of affordability of housing, driven by failures of public policy at national level, but influenced by distinctive local factors. The public meeting was promoted in our Big Green View leaflet (November-December 2024 edition), distributed to […] Read more » Affordable homes brownfield Council Housing Council tax empty properties greenfield HMO's Homelessness Homes Housing Housing Infrastructure Fund Housing Targets Local Housing Allowance Local Plan Passivhaus Rent Social Housing Student housing
Greens call on Tories to retract blatantly false claim over South Lancaster housing development vote 26 September 2024 / 10 January 2025 by Ceri Turner Green Councillor Tim Hamilton-Cox has called on the Conservative candidate in the Scotforth East byelection to retract the entirely false claim that the Greens voted to support the extensive housing development associated with the ‘Bailrigg garden village’. It is a matter of public record that the Greens unanimously voted against the proposal to enter in […] Read more » Andrew Otway Bailrigg Garden Village Election Campaign Housing Lancashire County Council Tim Hamilton-Cox