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Topic: Re:Re:Re:Re:Population increase
Posted by: Jeremy Parkinson
Date/Time: 17/11/23 10:12:00

Problems with access to GPs probably has more to do with the underfunding of the service and the number of doctors retiring rather than population growth. Most people moving into new flats are younger and rarely visit a GP and new surgeries in the area have been funded with development gain money so the overall effect has probably been neutral.

Similarly on parking, most of these new flats come without a parking space so a large proportion of new residents won't be car owners. I know there are lots of dodges people use to get round this but hopefully improvements in public transport will offset some of the pressures on our road.

Blaming Hounslow Council for this is missing the larger picture. Despite the existing high population density the government is putting the burden of new housing starts on local authorities in London because it wants to protect the Green Belt areas that vote for it. That's why we are getting more and more tall towers because there is nowhere to build other than up.


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TopicDate PostedPosted By
Population increase11/11/23 12:34:00 Barbara Dudley
   Re:Population increase11/11/23 16:13:00 Keith Iddon
      Re:Re:Population increase11/11/23 18:01:00 Raymond Havelock
         Re:Re:Re:Population increase16/11/23 23:23:00 Jim Lawes
            Reply17/11/23 10:09:00 Guy Lambert
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Population increase17/11/23 10:12:00 Jeremy Parkinson
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Population increase17/11/23 11:29:00 Keith Iddon
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Population increase17/11/23 11:56:00 Jeremy Parkinson
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Population increase17/11/23 12:33:00 Keith Iddon
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Population increase17/11/23 14:31:00 Jim Lawes
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Population increase17/11/23 16:47:00 Paul Scullion
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Population increase17/11/23 23:46:00 Raymond Havelock
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Population increase17/11/23 23:46:00 Raymond Havelock
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Population increase19/11/23 01:29:00 Mike Lambshire
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Population increase23/11/23 14:42:00 Angelo R Santagata
   Re:Population increase18/11/23 11:41:00 Jim Lawes
      Re:Re:Population increase18/11/23 16:08:00 Jim Lawes
   Re:Population increase19/11/23 01:14:00 Mike Lambshire
      Reply20/11/23 08:52:00 Guy Lambert
         Re:Reply20/11/23 11:31:00 Raymond Havelock
            Re:Re:Reply20/11/23 16:55:00 Guy Lambert
               Re:Re:Re:Reply22/11/23 11:02:00 Raymond Havelock

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