Priti supports Great Ormond Street fundraising at new development visit
Witham MP Priti Patel is supporting David Wilson Homes’ fundraising for their charity of the year, Great Ormond Street Hospital, while visiting their new development site Mortimer Place in Hatfield Peverel. Priti presented an award to Louise Hewitt and Sarah Tew for their fundraising efforts while also wearing a pedometer …
Brownfield development should be prioritised, says Priti Patel MP
Witham MP Priti Patel has called on the Government to take action to ensure that developments on brownfield sites are prioritised over unsuitable speculative developer plans on countryside sites. Raising concerns about Neighbourhood Plans put together and agreed by local communities are being ignored by those making decisions on planning …
Priti raises local planning and infrastructure issues in Parliament
Priti Patel, the MP for Witham, has held a debate in Parliament on housing and infrastructure in Essex (21st June 2023). During the debate she raised with the Government’s Housing and Planning Ministers local concerns over the way planning decisions are made, protections for local communities, and the need for investment in …
Priti meets new housing chief
Witham’s Parliamentarian, Priti Patel MP, has had her first meeting with Paul Edwards, the new CEO of CHP, the Chelmsford based charitable housing association. Mr Edwards took over last year and sought a meeting with the MP to introduce himself and to update her on CHP’s numerous property interests in …
Community delight in Tiptree as Brook Meadows development is refused
Local MP Priti Patel has expressed the delight of residents in the Tiptree area about the decision by the Planning Inspectorate to refuse the planning appeal for a 221 dwelling development at Brook Meadows. The plans had been widely opposed by local residents and Priti, and the initial application had …
Priti Meets up with CHP housing association to hear all about their work in Witham
Priti Patel, the MP for Witham, has held a first meeting with Mary Gibbons, the Chief Executive of CHP, the charitable housing association, to find out more about its work in Witham. The two met on Saturday (19th June) at the Witham Hub meeting room in the Newlands Centre and …
Priti catches up with CEO of social housing association Eastlight Community Homes
During a busy Saturday morning (19th June 2021), out and about on constituency business, the Witham MP Priti Patel met with Emma Palmer, Chief Executive, and James Green, Community Investment Director, of social housing association, Eastlight Community Homes, for a regular catch-up meeting which was long overdue because of the …
Priti calls for housing plans rethink
Priti Patel, the Conservative Party Parliamentary Candidate for Witham, has called on Colchester Borough Council to urgently rethink its housing plans for a garden community. The plans, which were heavily criticised by an independent planning inspector in 2018, will be subject to a series of further hearings next month (January …
Planning Inspector rejects Handleys Lane development
Priti Patel MP has welcomed the decision taken by a Planning Inspector to reject a planning appeal for five large five bedroom dwellings at a site off of Handleys Lane in Wickham Bishops. Priti, who supported local residents in opposing this development, welcomed the Inspector’s finding; in particular his conclusions …