Development in Kingston: have your say

Lib Dem run Kingston Council has approved more housing units to be built than at any other time in the last 20 years. The majority of those housing units are in flats and many in tower blocks and tall buildings.

Many residents have told us the shift towards more and more towers and blocks of flats is changing the character of the Borough and putting pressure on services. Others have raised concerns about potential building on the green belt, garden grabbing, and densification of the suburbs.

Do you share their concerns or have others? What do you think the Council should do better on development? And what are you views on development in the Borough more widely? Let us know below!

Kingston Development Survey

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1. Do you support the current levels of development and would you support more houses being built in the borough?

Yes

Do you think additional housing should be provided by taller buildings and tower blocks?

Yes, in all areas

Yes, but not in suburban communities

2. Kingston Conservatives do not support building on the Greenbelt. A former Lib Dem MP and friend to Ed Davey, is promoting substantial development in the green belt in Hook. Would you support this?

Yes

3. New homes need new infrastructure. Using 1 as the most required and 5 as the least required please rank where our infrastructure needs to be improved.

Questions	1	2	3	4	5
Schools	1	2	3	4	5
Health facilities	1	2	3	4	5
Parks and open spaces	1	2	3	4	5
More cycling infrastructure	1	2	3	4	5
More parking and car charging points	1	2	3	4	5

4. The Lib Dem council have paid for plans that propose building 23 storey towers on the Guildhall site and 17 storey towers next to Kingston library on the Cattle Market. Could you support these developments?

Yes

5. The Council have closed the Kingfisher swimming pool and say they’ll replace it at a cost of over £40m, when Sport England say reopening it should only cost £12m. Would you support:

Reopening Kingfisher for £12m and using the saved money to build another pool elsewhere in the Borough

Pushing ahead with the Council's plans to redevelop the Kingfisher for £40m

Where would you build a new swimming pool for the Borough?

6. Building more houses has led KIngston's roads to be congested. To tackle this the Lib Dems have closed roads to stop traffic getting through, and intend to close more over the coming years. Do you support the closure of roads to traffic?

Yes

Would you support a major traffic infrastructure study to look across the whole Borough and review what traffic measures have been implemented and what will be required if the Lib Dem developments have been delivered?

Yes

7. Any other thoughts?

To make this more representative, as things stand today, on a scale of 1-10, what are the chances of you voting for each of the following parties in a local election:

Questions	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Conservatives	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Liberal Democrats	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Labour	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Green	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Independent	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Reform UK	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10

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