Their allegations came as they renewed calls to ministers to provide the funding needed to support the Government's building demands.
And they followed only months after ministers recommended a further 85,000 homes be built in the region.

In 2006, it was estimated that £713m was needed to fund infrastructure changes, in such vital areas as roads, schools, police, health and power. Now new research, commissioned by Bucks County Council, says rising prices and growing housing quotas have driven funding needs to a minimum £827m.

Two years ago, The Bucks Herald launched a campaign calling on John Prescott, then charged with overseeing the project, to personally respond to concerns regarding hundreds of millions of pounds of infrastructure funding. A petition, signed by hundreds of MPs, councillors and readers, called on him to make the money available and enable the Vale to deliver his plans.

Cllr Martin Tett, BCC cabinet member for strategic planning, says the original quote of £713m is now woefully inadequate to cover all the infrastructure statutorily required to enable the release of land for development.

"Our ideal figure would be £1.299 billion," he added, "the total cost of the work to support the infrastructure we need. If you take out that 'catch up', there is the £827 million, which does not include factors such as utilities, hospital healthcare, 16 plus and university education. If you want housing growth, you have to pump essential infrastructure. It's not fair on the citizens of Aylesbury Vale to put up with the deficit in infrastructure.

"We are joined at the hip with Aylesbury Vale District Council and Aylesbury Vale Advantage over this. The problem is there is no single Government department responsible for this funding - it's parcelled into pots of money from different departments. There is a big gap - we will support growth but the Government have to live up to their part of the contract and commit to providing essential infrastructure and jobs."

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