the government may have published a white paper, the proposals might not pass through parliament - or could do so in a different form. “One of the big disappointments is the failure of local Lib Dems to realise that abandoning the GMSF will mean that Stockport will have to rely on the current Stockport local plan's Housing need allocation,” said Coun McGee.“This would mean almost 4000 - 3,948 to be exact - more housing units than the housing need allocation that we have negotiated with other GM authorities who are keen to increase their allocation and take up some of Stockport's allocation.“We have almost fully utilised all of the available brownfield sites and as such the only places left to build these extra 4,000 homes would be on our.
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