A ROW has broken out between an MP and a borough council about the amount of housing that is being built.
Eastleigh MP Paul Holmes says housing figures show that in the last three years, more than 1,000 extra houses have been built in Eastleigh compared with the government’s target. Using data from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and Eastleigh’s Calculation of Five-Year Housing Land Supply, figures show that 3,278 houses have been built in the last three years, compared with an assessed need of 2,082. The MP has now slammed the council for the housing, claiming that the council is “plonking houses down” without the necessary infrastructure in place.