Letter of the week: Does Hartlepool really need 6,000 new homes?

A recent article in the Mail mentioned the need to build 6,000 new homes in the Hartlepool area to meet council targets. Why?
By Hart Letters
Published 22nd Feb 2019, 15:45 BST
Updated 22nd Feb 2019, 15:52 BST
Five hundred of the 600 homes which Hartlepool Borough Council insists the town needs will be built off Merlin Way.Five hundred of the 600 homes which Hartlepool Borough Council insists the town needs will be built off Merlin Way.
Five hundred of the 600 homes which Hartlepool Borough Council insists the town needs will be built off Merlin Way.

This equates to, approximately, an extra 20,000 people in the Hartlepool area.

That’s an estimated 20% increase in our population.

Where are all these people coming from?

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Last week's Letter of the week: Hartlepool town centre drivers shouldn't have to wear sunglasses after darkWhat on earth are these “targets” anyway? Who sets them?

That’s a lot of questions but the worrying thing is that a lot of our green belt is going to be dug up for these supposed targets.

The main thing is that a lot of developers are going to make a lot of money from these projects.

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As I said, the big fish will be the ones who benefit mostly.

Ian Tucker,

The Links,

Seaton Carew.

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