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Dragon Interview: Susan Parker, Leader of the Guildford Greenbelt Group
Published on: 28 Nov, 2018
Updated on: 30 Nov, 2018
Susan Parker is the leader of the Guildford Greenbelt Group (GGG). She is one of three GGG councillors elected in 2015 because of concerns with proposals in the embryonic, at that stage, Guildford Local Plan.
In this interview with Martin Giles, Cllr Parker discuss the status of her group, whether she and her two party colleagues will stand again and what she would do if GGG holds the balance of power after next May’s borough council election…
See also: Dragon Interview: Angela Gunning, GBC Labour Group Leader
Further interviews with the Liberal Democrat and Conservative parties are being arranged.
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Jules Cranwell
December 5, 2018 at 1:27 pm
What a breath of fresh air. Susan Parker comes across as highly intelligent, and well informed.
She successfully debunks the myth that GGG is a single issue party.
Her position on the countryside and our environment will gel with most Guildfordians.
It’s also refreshing to hear such a measured interview, devoid of the snide comments and digs, such as we hear and read so often from the discredited Tory leadership.
We need more representatives of this calibre at GBC.
David Smith
December 7, 2018 at 1:30 pm
I admire Susan Parker’s determination for her cause but if Paul Spooner is correct and the plan is mostly in agreed form with no scope to change then for Susan Parker to suggest otherwise by saying, “The plan is back up for grabs” is not being well informed at all. It’s misleading and, I imagine, confusing to the minority who are fighting to save the various bits of green belt earmarked for development.
I am not sure her position of building solely in the town will gel with most residents, I know that a lot of people living in Guildford’s urban area are happy to see a fair distribution of the housing we need and this means developing green belt.
There is also growing concern with the ambition of some developers over the few brownfield sites we have left – a couple of weeks ago an eight-storey block was granted consent in Walnut Tree Close which is, quite frankly, alarming. We have all seen what is happening in Woking – a town refusing to develop green belt.
In terms of a discredited leadership – discredited by who? Those that are not getting their way?