Reading West MP Alok Sharma has called on his Tory pal to step in over plans to build on a Tilehurst beauty spot.
He has written to Micheal Gove, Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, to request a call-in of the latest application to build on Pincents Hill.
“We must continue to protect this vital strategic gap and treasured green space which is a haven for wildlife,” he tweeted, promising to update residents in the New Year.
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Plans for 165 new homes in Tilehurst were due to go before West Berkshire Council before Christmas.
But the meeting was cancelled by the council because the committee would have met around the same time as the Tilehurst South and Holybrook ward by-election.
That council seat was held by the Conservatives. Mr Sharma, who is the Conservative MP for the area, has his constituency office in Tilehurst.
If the secretary of state agrees to call the application in, it could mean that the Government, rather than West Berkshire Council, decides on whether it should go ahead.
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