WINCHESTER'S most senior council officer has warned that the city will probably have to allow controversial development to meet its housing crisis.
Simon Eden, chief executive of the city council, said it was unsustainable for campaigners to try to protect every site.
Mr Eden was speaking at a City of Winchester Trust meeting to discuss the future of the city and its setting, attended by about 100 people.
It is highly unusual for senior council officers such as Mr Eden to make such a clear contribution to so controversial a debate.
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