A COMMITTED & DYNAMIC CANDIDATE
At his campaign launch, Tim Shand said, "Guildford is a great town, but it could be even better. I want to listen to your views and concerns, and work hard on your behalf to build a Guildford that is a more vibrant and prosperous place for us all to live."
"I believe more must be done in Guildford, Cranleigh and the surrounding villages to increase access to affordable housing, upgrade roads and the public transport network, promote a bold environmental agenda, address deprivation and ensure that our health services meet the diverse and changing needs of the population."
Tim's pledges for Guildford - - -
- More
affordable housing
Ensuring that more affordable houses to buy or to rent are built for local people. - Better
roads and public transport
Improving worn out roads & creating a bus service that better serves your needs. - Cleaner
and greener
Making environmentally friendly choices easier through more recycling facilities and supporting renewable energy projects. - Excellent
education facilities
Ensuring our schools, universities and colleges continue to provide excellence, and are equally accessible to all. - Improved
health services
Developing new and modern health services and ensuring GP surgeries are open at more convenient times. - Listening
and responding
Rebuilding trust and reaching those turned off by politics, particularly young people.
Petition on Affordable Housing
at the campaign launch
Talking to shoppers in the High Street Tim found that the shortage of affordable housing was a key issue uppermost in their minds.
We asked people to
support our petition aimed at getting more rapid action on house building.
The response was tremendous with hundreds of people ready to sign up to the
proposals, in only one two hour period.
Our
petition on affordable housing
We,
the undersigned, want our council to find the land and development partners
to deliver decent homes which families and single people with annual incomes
of less than £40,000 can realistically afford to live in. The lack of
decent, affordable homes is the single biggest issue that blights our
communities and condemns whole sections of the population in Guildford,
Cranleigh and the surrounding villages to a low quality of life.
We
urge our council:
1. To prioritise home building for the ordinary working people of our borough;
2. To make the fullest use of the government planning changes which can make
land available for low cost, decent homes;
3. To make the fullest use of the government funding available to support
the development of low cost, decent homes; and
4. To make the fullest use of government legislation to provide secure
If you support the petition and want to be included, please email your name and address to Tim. If you have any other issues you wish to raise with him, or would like him to speak to your group then you can email him by clicking the link below.
