Support
Preferred Options
Representation ID: 46955
Received: 26/07/2012
Respondent: Mrs Julie Tidd
Yes to Garden Suburbs, and make sure that this is what we actually get on the ground! Fight the developers to ensure that its delivered, with local amenity land, play areas, walking areas, cycle lanes, trees, greenery, allotments etc etc. to make living on the new estates a real pleasure not a soul destroying experience.
And make sure that its local people who get to live there, rather than it being so attractive to 'outsiders' that it pulls in thousands of folk from Birmingham, Coventry, Solihull, Oxford.
On the whole these are all nice ideals. However I am not convinced that all these 'nice' ideals will become reality unless tight control is maintained over all new developments - garden suburbs are preferable to a duplicate warwick gates estate, but at the end of the day it comes down to money - small homes with minimal gardens/parking and open areas will ensure a healthy profit for developers. The Council should not compromise on these ideals when approving new schemes, especially if they are to be on a very large scale as some of the developments may well be. They make such a significant impact on the environment for families living there. Let's learn lessons and get it right!