Support
Preferred Options
Representation ID: 48982
Received: 16/10/2012
Respondent: Friends of the Earth
Generally support this Preferred Option, but not all its supporting notes or locations of growth.
Proposed density of housing on brownfield land could be at least doubled without any loss of design quality.
Paragraph 7.14 is fundamentally flawed, in that the proposals for 'Garden Suburbs' would in fact increase sprawl around the towns, and in fact destroy the 'rural character' rather than preserve it. Low density suburbia, no matter how well designed, can never be a good replacement for real countryside.
Proposed densities (30 dph) are too low and higher densities (100 to 200 dph)could reduce demand for greenfield land and is achievable. It is possible to achieve such densities with the benefit of good design without compromising the character of our towns and the quality of public open spaces.
There is inconsistency about denisties - 100 dph at Fire Station and only 35 dph at Blackdown.
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