THROUGHOUT the consultation on the council’s draft Local Plan, the council called on the public to come up with “alternatives” if they didn’t agree with it. 


That seems a bit rich given the public only had eight weeks to respond while the council had years to put the plan together.

I offered no alternatives because the council has not convinced me St Helens needs anything like the number of houses they are planning. 


The council should come up with a much better scheme based on the borough’s actual population not fudged future figures.


Julie Snelling, Rainford