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Representation ID: 48989

Received: 16/10/2012

Respondent: Friends of the Earth

Disappointed that a figure of 30dph is being used and it is assumed that predominantly houses will be needed when it is clear that the majority of new households over the plan period are likely to be single-person households. There are many recent residential schemes for one and two-person households where 100 to 200dph have been achieved.

The SHMA report suggests the District should make a concerted effort to create 'suitable smaller units' of housing, rather than concentrate on the provision of family houses - if older people move to smaller units, this could free up larger units for younger families. The data shows that 5,700 households could relocate into one or two bedroom units from 3 or 4 bedroom properties.

It would be possible to increase densities on some or all of the sites earmarked for development. There also seems to be some confusion about densities allowed for in the housing figures proposed for some of the sites.