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I left uni around 10 years ago with a debt of £45,000. After 10 years of continual payments adding up to thousands and thousands of pounds my debt is...£45,500. My peers with rich parents who could afford the fees upfront won't be paying 9% of their salary for 30 years.

TONGHAM 400 MORE HOMES? Last week Taylor Wimpey announced proposals for a major development adjacent to the Hogs back Brewery (known as ‘Manor Farm development’), plus a further 900 homes proposed between Normandy and Flexford - just to the north of the Godalming and Ash boundary. The consequences of Labour's recent doubling of housing targets are now hitting hard - Guildford BC’s has risen from 560 to over 1,100 and Waverley BC’s from 710 to more than 1,400. Across both Guildford and Waverley boroughs, national planning rules require councils to demonstrate a five-year supply of deliverable housing land. At present, both are below this threshold: Guildford: 2.98 years Waverley: 1.28 years When this happens, planning decisions are subject to what is known as the “tilted balance,” which places greater weight on approving new development. This effectively means planning permission is being granted on appeal, so instead of planned development we see speculative development, without the infrastructure it needs and in less appropriate places. We all support the clear need for homes for young people and families, but areas like Tongham, Ash and further south villages like Alfold have seen particularly rapid expansion in recent years. Many residents are rightly concerned about the loss of rural green fields, cumulative detrimental impact on roads, health services and school places. I will continue to press for development that is properly supported by infrastructure. And I will be continuing to ask Government to reassess the ridiculously high housing numbers for our area which are causing such havoc and negative unintended consequences.

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