Gloucestershire responds to plans to massively increase housebuilding

We asked those who will have to deliver the dramatic increase in housebuilding in Gloucestershire, if Government plans go ahead, what they thought - and what impact they think the proposals will have.

Dear Readers,

We hope you’ve had a great week.

Yesterday we published one of our best performing stories yet. We actually don’t chase clicks. We want to grow a discerning audience - and as long as that continues to gro we are happy. But it’s been well-read so far, and that makes us happy.

There is something about Gloucestershire Airport that demands people’s attention. We only published part of what we know, as the detail is too complicated and probably unhelpful to tackle - even with one of our big reads.

We get the distinct impression not too many people ask the local authorities any questions these days as well.

One of our sources, someone very close to the story, sent us a private message afterwards. They said: “It’s genuinely refreshing to see proper local journalism, rather than the clickbait or ‘cutting and pasting’ that the industry has become in the last decade.”

We’ll take that over clickbait any day.

As for today’s story, more of a reaction piece to the Government’s plans to boost…