Residents say they are not nimbys but village lacks infrastructure for new homes most cannot afford
village of Little London gets its evocative name from the flight of fearful residents from the capital during the Great Plague of 1665-1666.
The village, which is located in countryside north of Basingstoke, has precious few amenities apart from one pub, the Plough, and a population of only a few hundred. “There’s quite a few of us that are getting together and we have met up and come up with ideas and things we need to do. None of them are what we call nimby, they are people that have their heart and soul in the countryside and want to protect that,” she said.
Donner added: “It’s just ridiculous. There’s no infrastructure, even if you thought you could build affordable houses, it’s not the right place for them. It’s greed over need and it’s the wrong houses in the wrong place. Why can’t people go and build affordable houses on brownfield sites that people can afford to buy?
Tom Cullum, a carpenter and joiner who has lived in Little London for 37 years, said: “It’s just horrendous. The village is being infilled by houses – really expensive houses – over £700,000 to £800,000, and they’re filling in the spaces. It’s just gone crazy in this village and the traffic has doubled.
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