00:00I'm outside the Woolmeath site in Farnham, in the heart of our beautiful town, and it is an absolute eyesore.
00:08I have long been against this site being left derelict, along with my fellow councillors and activists at the Lib Dems.
00:14I've even protested outside it.
00:17However, Lib Dem councillors at Farnham, Waverley or Surrey, or any councillors really, have no real powers to intervene and change it.
00:27However, Homes England, who owns this site at the moment, is actually owned by us, the taxpayers.
00:33So why do they think that putting this site up for sale again, when it's already been up for sale and hasn't sold, is going to result in a different outcome?
00:43What we need is to start thinking a little bit more creatively, even if it's just to sort out this issue in the short term.
00:52I myself was at the UCA Freshers' Fair, where I was speaking to students who were travelling in from Yeovil to come here.
01:01The UCA is desperate for student accommodation, and it would really revive this part of the town.
01:06So why isn't something happening somewhere in the system to make what we really need, be it student accommodation or even affordable housing, to make it a reality?
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