Petition · past parliament

Stop promoting explosive housing growth without infrastructure to support it

Rejected 11 signatures

What the petition asks

The government is determined to build houses. It’s a free-for-all where councils don’t have a 5 year supply of housing land. Green fields around certain communities are targeted by developers. Schools, health centres and roads are not provided. Local resources are overwhelmed, villages swamped.
Where disproportionate housing growth is allowed, holistic planning of infrastructure is needed. Developer contributions alone aren’t enough to build new schools and health centres. Country roads and junctions can’t cope with the additional traffic. Government needs to fund infrastructure. Growth should be spread evenly across an area, not concentrated in villages without green belt protection. Petition raised by East Leake, Nottinghamshire, but it’s happening elsewhere in the country too.

Why it was rejected

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Timeline

4 Dec 2017 Petition opened for signatures
11 Dec 2017 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 11
Status Rejected
Rejected 11 Dec 2017

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.